„They had just showed up, Amatis had said. Which meant Simon had spent thenight at Isabelle’s. She stared at him. He didn’tany different.“

— Cassandra Clare
„He looks," Simon had once said to Isabelle, "like he's thinking about something deep and meaningful, but if you ask him what it is, he'll punch you in the face.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Simon bristled. She wasn’t his Isabelle, not anymore. He wondered if she ever truly had been. Isabelle didn’t seem like the type of girl to belong to someone. It was one of the things he liked best about her.“
— Cassandra Clare
„It wasn’t sexy,” he said.“It was a little sexy,” Simon said…“It wasn’t,” said Alec.“I had some feelings,” said Simon.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Isabelle," she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, "your loyalty to your friend is understandable --""He's not my friend." Isabelle looked over at Jace, who was staring at her in a sort of daze. "He's my brother.“
— Cassandra Clare
„jace's clothes had been clean, stylish, ordinary. Sebastian had been wearing a long black wool trench coat that had looked expensive.Like an evil Burbeery ad, Simon said when she was done.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Tell me,” Isabelle said.“Who it was. That my father had the affair with.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Get over here. Sheldon's had an idea.""Who's Sheldon?", said Isabelle.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Not my favourite topic, Smedley.""Simon," said Simon. "if I'm going to die for you all, the least you could do is remember my name."………"Alright, everybody. Get over here. Sheldon's had an idea.""Who's Sheldon?" Said Isabelle.“
— Cassandra Clare
„They had met at a club fifteen years before, Etta and Magnus. He had convinced her to dance with him, and she said she had been in love by the end of the song. He told her he had been in love before the beginning.“
— Cassandra Clare
„For a moment she just stared, wondering if there were another girl staying here, or if Sebastian had taken to cross-dressing.“
— Cassandra Clare
„"Where's Simon?" Clary interrupted.Isabelle wobbled. "He's a rat," she said darkly."Did he do something to you?" Alec was full of brotherly concern. "Did he touch you? If he tried anything-""No, Alec," Isabelle said irritably. "Not like that. He's a rat"“
— Cassandra Clare