„Camille brushed by Jem, hardly looking at him, and Will followed, pausing only long enough to mutter “She doesn’t smell like anything” to Jem under his breath.Jem looked alarmed. “You’ve beenher?“

— Cassandra Clare
„For five years it had been his absolute truth. Jem and Will. Will and Jem. Will Herondale lives, therefore Jem Carstairs lives also.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.“
— Harper Lee
„Jem" I have an assignmation in Soho this evening with a certain attractive someone.Tessa: Goodness. If you keep seeing Six-Fingered Nigel like this, he'll expect you to declare your intentions.Jem choked on his tea.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Jem?" he said. 'It is you, James?''Who else?' Jem's voice.“
— Cassandra Clare
„She knew she could not be Jem for Will. No one could. But slowly the hollow places in his heart were filling in.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Jem drew back from her, looking dazed. "By the Angel," he said. "Perhaps we do need a chaperon.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Jem spoke with enormous care; talking to Will about anything personal was like trying not to startle away a wild animal.“
— Cassandra Clare
„You should see his older brother,” said Jem. “Makes Gabriel look sweeter than gingerbread. Hates Will even more thanGabriel, too, if that’s possible.“
— Cassandra Clare
„He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.“
— Harper Lee
„Always when Will did something to protect Tessa, Jem thought it was for his sake, not for Will's. Always Will wished Jem could be entirely right. Each needle prick had it own name. Guilt. Shame. Love.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Will: "You are not really dying, are you?"Jem: "So they tell me."Will: "I am sorry."Jem: "No. Don’t be ordinary like that. Don’t say you’re sorry. Say you’ll train with me."Will: "I’ll train with you.“
— Cassandra Clare
„[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.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Jem is my greatest sin.“
— Cassandra Clare
„If you do not help me," Tessa said to Jem, "I swear, I will change into you, and I will lift him myself. And then everyone here will see what you look like in a dress." She fixed him with a look. "Do you understand?“
— Cassandra Clare
„Jem knotted his fingers in the material of Will's sleeve. "You are my parabatai," he said, "You said once I could ask anything of you.“
— Cassandra Clare
„I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness.” - Jem Carstairs“
— Cassandra Clare
„She did not belong to Will-she was too much herself to belong to anyone, even Jem-but she belonged with them, and silently he cursed the Consul for not seeing it.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Your place is with me. It always will be. -Jem Carstairs“
— Cassandra Clare
„You are home for me now." --Jem to Tessa“
— Cassandra Clare
„When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.“
— Harper Lee