“It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.”

-Clockwork Prince

"He found himself wanting to write poetry about how her blue eyes were like starlight and her hair like night, because "night" and "starlight" rhymed, but he had a feeling the poem wouldn't turn out that well..."

-Gabriel Lightwood's thoughts as he looked at Cecily.