Quotes from book

City of Bones

“They also said she was unconscious and that Valentine wasn’t happy about it. He seems to be waiting for her to wake up.”
“I’d stay unconscious if I were her,” Isabelle muttered.”

“Jace looked as if she had slapped him. "Why are you determined not to believe us?"
"Because she loves you," said Valentine.
Clary felt the blood drain out of her face.”

“He has many things I haven’t got,” said Jace. “Like nearsightedness, bad posture, and an appalling lack of coordination.”
-Jace about Simon, pg. 331-”

“All the stories are true”

“You can see where it was, years ago. Like an old woman who was once beautiful, but time has taken her beauty away.”

“Our own Sleeping Beauty. Who finally kissed you awake?”

“But you have to learn to bend a little,” said Clary with a yawn. Despite the story’s content, the rhythm of Jace’s voice had made her sleepy. “Or you’ll break.” “Not if you're strong enough,” said Jace firmly.”

“Are you threatening to kidnap me?"
"If you want to look at it that way," Jace said, "yes.”

“Everything we need to know is locked up in your head, under those pretty red curls."
Clary reached up to touch her hair protectively. "I dont think-"
"So what are you going to do?" Simon asked sharply. "Cut her head open to get at it?”

“The only one who gets to canoodle in my bedroom is my magnificent self.”

“Hurry up, mundie boy, we've got work to do.”

“There is nothing quite like the moral absolutism of the young." -Hodge”

“Ouch,” Jace said in her ear, his tone indignant. “You elbowed me.”
“Well, you landed on me.”

“How swiftly you dismiss our love…”

“That sounds terrific. Just you, your comatose wife, your shell-shocked son, and you daughter who hates your guts. Not to mention that your two kids may be in love with each other. Yeah, that sounds like a perfect family reunion.”

“Oh, he's rude to everyone," said Isabelle airily. "It's what makes him so damn sexy.”

“Exsanguinated," said Jace, impressed. "That's a big word."
"And you're a big-"
"Tsk tsk," he interrupted. "No swearing in church.”

“Maybe they didn't make vampires out of ugly people. Or maybe ugly people just didn't want to live forever.”

“A sarcastic blond genie with a bad attitude.
-Clary, pg.243”