I guess it’s true what they say,' observed Jace. 'There are no straight men in the trenches.'That’s atheists, jackass,' said Simon furiously. 'There are no atheists in the trenches.

My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health.

Trust. It is like placing a blade in someone's hand and setting the very point to your heart.

The mundanes put their faith in their paper money, and when that turns to ash, the world will turn upside down.

If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do,' said Magnus, still looking at Alec, 'you will never learn from your mistakes.

But Jocelyn Morgenstern was not the kind of woman who wept, not the kind of woman who broke, or Valentine would have broken her long since.