„That’s because you can’t hold something in your mind but a little while, said Jem. It’s different with grown folks, we“

— Harper Lee
„Too little mindful of your folk.“
— Statius
„When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Jem?" he said. 'It is you, James?''Who else?' Jem's voice.“
— Cassandra Clare
„You can’t undo something that’s happened; you can’t take back a word that’s already been said out loud.“
— Jodi Picoult
„Ah,” said a voice from the doorway, “having your annual ‘everyone thinks Will is a lunatic’ meeting, are you?“It’s biannual,” said Jem. “And no, this is not that meeting.“
— Cassandra Clare
„And very amusing it is to watch,” said Jem. “Did you know you twitch your nose when you sleep, like a rabbit?”“I do not,” she said, with a whispered laugh.- In my dreams“
— Cassandra Clare
„Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.“
— Harper Lee
„The trouble is you can shut your eyes but you can’t shut your mind.“
— Terry Pratchett
„You are James Herondale, said Uncle Jem. As you always were. Part your mother, part your father, part yourself. I would not change any part of you if I could.“
— Cassandra Clare
„You must behave as if return is certain, not a matter of chance", Jem said.“
— Cassandra Clare
„To experience real agony is something hard to write about, impossible to understand while it grips you; you're frightened out of your wits, can’t sit still, move, or even go decently insane.“
— Charles Bukowski
„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