„Magnus knelt first. Clary would never have guessed that. Magnus was so proud, but then it was a pride that transcended the emptiness of gestures. She doubted it would shame him to kneel when it meant nothing to him.“

— Cassandra Clare
„How'd you get Magnus to let Jace leave?""Traded him for Alec," Clary said.“
— Cassandra Clare
„"Nothing," chorused Clary, Simon, Alec, Magnus, and Jace, in a surprising and probably never-to-be-repeated unison.“
— Cassandra Clare
„And I don’t see how Sebastian can be all that fond of Jace, either. He was horribly jealous of him all his life. He thought Jace was Valentine’s favorite,” added Clary.“Not to mention,” Magnus noted, “that Jace killed him. That would put anyone off.“
— Cassandra Clare
„I imagine that it will not be easy to persuade Mortmain into a bonnet," Magnus observed. "Though the color would be fetching on him."Henry burst into laughter. "Very droll, Mr. Bane.""Please, call me Magnus.""I shall!“
— Cassandra Clare
„Magnus raised his head and looked up and over at Alec; it was a look that made Clary flush and glance away. There was so much love in it, mixed with exasperation and pride and despair. It was an unguarded look, and it felt wrong to see it.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Alec's trying to get Magnus to take him seriously, but he's never told our parents about Magnus, or even that he likes, you know -" "Warlocks?" Simon said.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Alec had his arms around Magnus and was kissing him, full on the mouth. Magnus, who appeared to be in a state of shock, stood frozen.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Magnus hoped if he ever went mad like that himself, so mad that he poisoned the very air round him and hurt everyone he came into contact with, that there would be someone ho loved him enough to stop him. To kill him, if it came to that.“
— Cassandra Clare
„We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.“
— Jane Austen
„He'd woken up the next day in the city hospital with Magnus Bane staring down at him with an odd expression--it could have been deep concern or merely curiosity, it was hard to tell with Magnus.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Magnus began to be truly alarmed. Will's voice would have shaken, betraying that his cruelty had been part of his playacting, but his son's laugh was that of someone genuinely delighted by the chaos erupting all around him“
— Cassandra Clare
„Magnus gazed dreamily in his direction. "You should leave him here. I could hang hats on him and things.“
— Cassandra Clare
„James had given his heart to thisgirl, Magnus thought, and Magnus knewwell enough from Edmund and Will whatit meant when a Herondale gave his heartaway. It was not a gift that could bereturned.“
— Cassandra Clare
„He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.“
— Cassandra Clare
„She set you down on the floor and you started ranging around, picking things up, pulling my cats tail- you screamed like a banshee when the cat scratched you, so I asked your mother if youpart banshee. She didn't laugh."-Magnus to Clary, pg.228-“
— Cassandra Clare
„It is always better to live the truth than to live a lie. And that lie would have kept him alone forever. He may have had nearly nothing for 5 years, but now he can have everything. A boy who looks like that… Magnus.“
— Cassandra Clare