“Look, I never wanted to be a half-blood. most of the time it gets you killed in nasty, dangerous ways.”

“Danger: if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Never run away from anything. Never!”

“I'm probably one of the most dangerous men in the world if I want to be. But I never wanted to be anything but me.”

“I know you look both ways before you cross the street, but I want you to look both ways a second time, because I told you to.”

“One of the most puzzling things about a novel is that “the way it really was” half the time is, and half the time isn’t, the way it ought to be in the novel.”

“The way he looked at you. I got it then. He loved you, and it was killing him. He won't get over you, Clary, he can't.”

“Sorry about the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.

I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time.”

“I don't care what your nose says! The last time you smelled half-blood, it turned out to be a meatloaf sandwich!"
"Meatloaf sandwiches are good! But this is a half-blood scent, I swear. They are on board!"
"Bah, your brain isn't on board!”

“Feel, feel, I say - feel for all you're worth, and even if it half kills you, for that is the only way to live”

“Imagine being killed by a bow and arrow. That would suck, an arrow killed you? They would never solve the crime. "Look at that dead guy. Let's go that way."”