I should have guessed you were Jace's sister,' he said. 'You both have the same artistic talent.'Clary paused, her foot on the lowest stair. She was taken aback. 'Jace can draw?'Nah.' When Alec smiled, his eyes lit like blue lamps and Clary could see what Magnus had found so captivating about him. 'I was just kidding. He can't draw a straight line.

Facilis descensus averno - The descent into hell is easy.

Magic or nature, they were much the same thing to Magnus.

Dear God, woman,'said Will. 'Are there any questions you don't want to know the answer to?

[Jem] looked from Will to Tessa and raised his silvery eyebrows. 'A miracle,' he said. 'You got him to speak.'Just to shout at me, really,' said Tessa. 'Not quite loaves and fishes.

The Smile won Matthew extra time before bed, extra Christmas pudding, extra anything he wanted. Adults were helpless to resist The Smile.Matthew gave his all to this particular smile. Butter melted. Birds sang. People slipped about dazed amid the butter and birdsong.