“Magic is. But its power is nothing beside love.
--Prince Carrick”

“Of course, nuclear power has its risks. But there is no power and nothing in the world without risks, not even love.”

“Love… I guess It is some kind of magic, It has a power to make us better… But magic can sometimes be an illusion.”

“Why do we think love is a magician? Because the whole power of magic consists in love. The work of magic is the attraction of one thing by another because of a certain affinity of nature.”

“There is nothing as energizing, as confidence-building, as sustaining as the power of love. How substantial is its influence on the human mind and heart! How great and magnificent is its power in overcoming fear and doubt, worry and discouragement!”

“Names have a mysterious transforming power. Like a ring on a finger, a name may at first seem merely accidental, committing you to nothing; but before you realize its magical power, it's gotten under your skin, become part of you and your destiny.”

“Besides, I could hardly complain to the administration that I was being forced to learn magic.”

“Magic. It was magic, and the magic is called love.”

“With the tools of democracy, democracy was murdered and lawlessness made "legal." Raw power ruled, and its only real goal was to destroy all other powers besides itself.”

“One of the things he'd always loved about Clary was how easily caught up in her imagination she was, how easily she could wall herself away in illusory worlds of curses and princes and destiny and magic.”