„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

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„Magnus did not take such suffering lightly, but even mortals did not die of broken hearts. No matter how cruel Grace had been, he told himself, James would heal. Even though he was a Herondale.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Hold on to me," Alec said, and Magnus gave him the sort of smile that made Alec feel like someone had taken an apple corer to his heart and tried to dig out the center.“I always do, Alexander,” he said. “I always do.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Hearts are not to be had as a gift, hearts are to be earned.“
— W.B. Yeats
„He thought that he was sick in his heart if you could be sick in that place.“
— James Joyce
„I fear I must agree," Magnus murmured. He pressed a hand over his heart and his new peacock-blue waistcoast. "I strive to find some respect in my heart for you, but alas! It seems an impossible quest.“
— 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