„Jem touched the parabatai rune on his shoulder, through the thin material of his nightshirt. “I am not alone,” he said. “Wherever we are, we are as one.“

— 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 am stronger when Tessa is here, you see. I told it to you," said Jem, still in the same soft voice.At that, Will did duck his head so that Tessa could not see his eyes. "I see it," he said.“
— Cassandra Clare
„I am nothing if not gracious," Will said. His eyes searched Jem's face, that face as familiar to him as his own. "And determined. You will not leave me. Not while I live.“
— Cassandra Clare
„To his children, Will showed the same love he had always shown to her, fierce and unyielding. And the same protectiveness he had only ever showed to one other person: the person James had been named after. Will’s parabatai, Jem.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Jem drew back from her, looking dazed. "By the Angel," he said. "Perhaps we do need a chaperon.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch. We experience his care.“
— Max Lucado
„I know about parabatai,” said Magnus, an angry, dark undercurrent to his voice. “I’ve known parabatai so close they were almost the same person; do you know what happens, when one of them dies, to the one that’s left —?“
— Cassandra Clare
„We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and whenAlthough I wasn't there, he said I was his friendWhich came as some surprise I spoke into his eyesI thought you died alone, a long long time ago.“
— David Bowie
„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
„Jem?" he said. 'It is you, James?''Who else?' Jem's voice.“
— Cassandra Clare