"If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?"

"Five exclamation marks, the sure sign of an insane mind."

"Where is Wood?" said Harry, suddenly realizing he wasn't there."Still in the showers," said Fred. "We think he's trying to drown himself."

"If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster."

"There's no need to clarify my finger snap," said Magnus. "The implication was clear in the snap itself."

"See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough blood to run one at a time."

"If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'."

"Nothing travels faster than the speed of light, with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws."

"People, generally, suck."

"No good deed goes unpunished."

"Sebastian just smiled. “I could hear your heart beating,” he said softly. “When you were watching me with Valentine. Did it bother you?”“That you seem to be dating my dad?” Jace shrugged. "You’re a little young for him, to be honest.”“What?” For the first time since Jace had met him, Sebastian seemed flabbergasted."

"Can you be a girl for a few seconds?""I'm always a girl" I frown."You know what I mean. Like a silly, annoying girl"I twirl my hair around my finger. "Kay."

"Seventeen, eh!" said Hagrid as he accepted a bucket-sized glass of wine from Fred."Six years to the day we met, Harry, d’yeh remember it?""Vaguely," said Harry, grinning up at him. "Didn’t you smash down the front door, give Dudley a pig’s tail, and tell me I was a wizard?""I forge’ the details," Hagrid chortled."

"But-" Maia, still looking at Alec and Magnus, broke off and rasied her eyebrows. Simon turned to see what she was looking at - and stared.Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state of shock, stood frozen. Several groups of people - Shadowhunters and Downworlders alike - were staring and whispering. Glancing to the side, Simon saw the Lightwoods, their eyes widen, gaping at the display. Maryse had her hand over her mouth.Maia looked perplexed. "Wait a second," she said. "Do we all have to do that, too?"

"Humor is reason gone mad."

"My grandmother started walking five miles a day when she was sixty. She's ninety-seven now, and we don't know where the heck she is."

"We need to talk. All of us About what we're going to do now.""I was going to watch Project Runway."

"It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman."

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception."

"It's hard to enjoy practical jokes when your whole life feels like one."

"Good sex is like good bridge. If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."

"Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?" "Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "like...a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and..." She shudders and shakes her head."Terrifying," Will says with mock seriousness. "That's my girl. Tough as cotton balls.""Oh, Shut up."