“I would
Love you ten years before the Flood,
And you should, if you please, refuse
Till the conversion of the Jews.
My vegetable love should grow
Vaster than empires and more slow.”

“It simply makes sense that I should miss my parents more than they miss me, especially when you consider that they only loved me for thirteen years while I loved them my entire life.”

“I love you Clary. More then I ever-- God. More than i probably should. You know that, don't you?”

“If, being duke and peer, you would not be contented with my standing uncovered before you, but should also wish that I should esteem you, I should ask you to show me the qualities that merit my esteem. If you did this, you would gain it, and I could not refuse it to you with justice; but if you did not do it, you would be unjust to demand it of me; and assuredly you would not succeed, were you the greatest prince in the world.”

“1. If I should remain in a persistent vegetative state for more than fifteen years, I would like someone to turn off the TV.”

“In a strong relationship, you should love your companion more than you need them.”

“The hutzpah of our love is pleasing to you, O Lord, just as it pleased you that we should steal from your bounty.”

“My dear Aysel. First I want you to strongly believe and to be sure that I love you with all my heart. You should not doubt this. I love you and I will always love you into eternity; My life, My love, My dear.”

“Which would you part with first-your tobacco, your whisky, or your religion? Your tea, or your religion? Which would you shake hands with and bid good-bye for ever-your coffee, or your religion? I should think I had disgraced the man that stands before you this day, if I loved any object on the earth better than I love my religion and my God.”

“The truth is that I love Simon like I should love you, and I wish that he was my brother and you weren't." - Clary”