“Don't tell me," he said. "You've got a drawing emergency. You need a nude model. Well, I'm not in the mood. You could ask Hodge.”

—  Cassandra Clare, The Mortal Instruments

Jace to Clary, pg. 324
The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

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