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Alec Lightwood: I need to get back to the battle. You’re a warlock. Can’t you, I don’t know, fly me back to the boat or something? And fix my concussion while you’re at it? Sorry, I know you don’t have to help us out—it’s a favor…
Magnus Bane: Stop. I don’t do you favors, Alec. I do things for you because—well, why do you think I do them?

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Valentine Morgenstern (to Clary): You grew up in a falsely beautiful paradise surrounded by fragile glass walls, my daughter. Your mother created the world she wanted to live in and she brought you up in it, but she never told you it was an illusion. And all the time the demons waited with their weapons of blood and terror to smash the glass and pull you free of the lie.

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Valentine Morgenstern: I can see the truth of it. Mundanes see as through a glass, darkly, but Shadowhunters—we see face-to-face. We know the truth of evil, and know that while it walks among us, it is not of us. What does not belong to our world must not be allowed to take root here, to grow like a poisonous flower and extinguish all life.

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(Magnus makes the van able to drive on water…)
Jace Herondale: Now this is really going to impress Valentine.
Clary Fairchild: I don’t know. Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-crawling powers; we get the Aquatruck.
Magnus Bane: If you don’t like it, Nephilim, you’re welcome to see if you can walk on the water.

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Jace Herondale: I’m a dangerous criminal. Or hadn’t you heard?
Alec Lightwood: She didn’t call you a criminal, exactly… (meaning Inquisitor)
Jace Herondale: No, I’m just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns.

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(Alec gets Clary’s new Fearless rune…)
Alec Lightwood: Mother. Father. There’s something I have to tell you. I’m seeing someone.
Robert Lightwood: Alec, this is hardly the time.
Alec Lightwood: Yes, it is. This is important. You see, I’m not just seeing anyone. I’m seeing a Downworlder. In fact, I’m seeing a war…
(Magnus stops him with a spell, no one notices…)
Maryse Lightwood: Alec!
Alec Lightwood: Wha—what—why am I on the floor?
Izzy Lightwood: That’s a good question. What was that?
Alec Lightwood: What was what? Wait—did I say anything? Before I passed out, I mean.
Jace Herondale: You know how we were wondering if that thing Clary did would work or not? It works all right.
Alec Lightwood: What did I say?
Robert Lightwood: You said you were seeing someone. Though you weren’t clear as to why that was important.
Alec Lightwood: It’s not. I mean, I’m not seeing anyone. And it’s not important. Or it wouldn’t be if I was seeing someone, which I’m not.
Magnus Bane: Alec’s been delirious. Side effect of some demon toxins. Most unfortunate, but he’ll be fine soon.

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Quote from The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes | (Alec gets Clary's new Fearless rune...) Alec Lightwood: Mother. Father. There's something I have to tell you. I'm seeing someone. Robert Lightwood: Alec, this is hardly the time. Alec Lightwood: Yes, it is. This is important. You see, I'm not just seeing anyone. I'm seeing a Downworlder. In fact, I'm seeing a war... (Magnus stops him with a spell, no one notices...) Maryse Lightwood: Alec! Alec Lightwood: Wha—what—why am I on the floor? Izzy Lightwood: That's a good question. What was that? Alec Lightwood: What was what? Wait—did I say anything? Before I passed out, I mean. Jace Herondale: You know how we were wondering if that thing Clary did would work or not? It works all right. Alec Lightwood: What did I say? Robert Lightwood: You said you were seeing someone. Though you weren't clear as to why that was important. Alec Lightwood: It's not. I mean, I'm not seeing anyone. And it's not important. Or it wouldn't be if I was seeing someone, which I'm not. Magnus Bane: Alec's been delirious. Side effect of some demon toxins. Most unfortunate, but he'll be fine soon.

(Clary invents a new rune…)
Jace Herondale: I’ve got a stele we can use. Who wants to do me?
Magnus Bane (mutters): A regrettable choice of words.

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Magnus Bane: Why does it take girls so long to shower? Mortal girls, Shadowhunters, female warlocks, you’re all the same. I’m not getting any younger waiting out here.
Clary Fairchild: How old are you, anyway?
Magnus Bane: I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.

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Quote from The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes | Magnus Bane: Why does it take girls so long to shower? Mortal girls, Shadowhunters, female warlocks, you're all the same. I'm not getting any younger waiting out here. Clary Fairchild: How old are you, anyway? Magnus Bane: I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.

Valentine Morgenstern: The Angel chose the Nephilim for a reason. We are the best of this world, and we are meant to save it. We are the closest thing that exists in this world to gods and we must use that power to save this world from destruction, whatever the cost to us.

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Valentine Morgenstern: The Clave is hopelessly corrupt and must be destroyed and built again. Idris must be freed from the influence of the degenerate races, and Earth made proof against the demonic threat.

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Clary Fairchild: You’re charging us? But Luke is a friend!
Magnus Bane: Not a friend of mine. I met him only on the few occasions when your mother brought him along when your memory spells were being refreshed. Did you think I was helping you out of the goodness of my heart? Or am I just the only warlock you happen to know?
Jace Herondale: No, but you are the only warlock we know who happens to be dating a friend of ours.
Alec Lightwood: Why would you say something like that?
Jace Herondale: Something like what?
Alec Lightwood: That I’m dating—that we’re—it’s not true.
Jace Herondale: I didn’t say he was dating you, but funny that you knew just what I meant, isn’t it?
Alec Lightwood: We’re not dating.
Magnus Bane: Oh? So you’re just that friendly with everybody, is that it?
Alec Lightwood: Magnus…

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Quote from The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes | Clary Fairchild: You're charging us? But Luke is a friend! Magnus Bane: Not a friend of mine. I met him only on the few occasions when your mother brought him along when your memory spells were being refreshed. Did you think I was helping you out of the goodness of my heart? Or am I just the only warlock you happen to know? Jace Herondale: No, but you are the only warlock we know who happens to be dating a friend of ours. Alec Lightwood: Why would you say something like that? Jace Herondale: Something like what? Alec Lightwood: That I'm dating—that we're—it's not true. Jace Herondale: I didn't say he was dating you, but funny that you knew just what I meant, isn't it? Alec Lightwood: We're not dating. Magnus Bane: Oh? So you're just that friendly with everybody, is that it? Alec Lightwood: Magnus...

Simon Lewis: How do you know that?
Jace Herondale: I can hear it. And so could you if you tried, bloodsucker.
Simon Lewis (to Clary): I think I liked “mundane” better than “bloodsucker.”
Clary Fairchild: With Jace, you don’t really get to choose your insulting nickname.

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Magnus Bane: I’m Magnus Bane, I’m the warlock who’s here to cure you. Didn’t they tell you I was coming?
Maia Roberts: I know who you are, but… You look so… so… shiny.
(Alec laughs and tries to cover it up with a cough)

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Quote from The Mortal Instruments: City of Ashes | Magnus Bane: I'm Magnus Bane, I'm the warlock who's here to cure you. Didn't they tell you I was coming? Maia Roberts: I know who you are, but... You look so... so... shiny. (Alec laughs and tries to cover it up with a cough)

Simon Lewis: I keep thinking about blood. I dream about it. Wake up thinking about it. Pretty soon I’ll be writing morbid emo poetry about it.

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Luke Garroway (about Simon): Clary, I’m telling you he made his own decisions. What you’re blaming yourself for is being what you are. And that’s no one’s fault and nothing you can change. You told him the truth and he made up his own mind what he wanted to do about that. Everyone has choices to make; no one has the right to take those choices away from us. Not even out of love.
Clary Fairchild: But that’s just it. When you love someone, you don’t have a choice. Love takes your choices away.
Luke Garroway: It’s a lot better than the alternative.

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