"You have been given an unprecedented chance to put the past behind you," the Chancellor was saying. "The mission on which you're about to embark is dangerous, but your bravery will be rewarded. If you succeed, your infractions will be forgiven, and you'll be able to start new lives on Earth."

"Jace Herondale. Once more a Herondale is the bringer of my deliverance. I should have anticipated."

"Anyone who takes drugs should be thinking about how they are not just hurting themselves, but about how they are destroying so many countless lives along the way"

"Now, years later, I still have trouble when I think about Chicago . That week at the Convention changed everything I'd ever taken for granted about this country and my place in it... Everytime I tried…"

"Even after his conversion, the true 'apostate' is not primarily committed to the positive contents of his new belief and to the realization of its aims. He is motivated by the struggle against the old…"