You might want to get up," he said. "Everyone will be here quite soon to rescue you, and you may prefer to have clothes on when they arrive." He shrugged. "I would, at any rate, but then, I am well known to be remarkably shy.

“Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn't make it a rubber du…”

“That's right,' said Simon. 'Just remember, when you mother's gnawing at my ankl…”

“I just wanted to say that it's okay if you dislike me. If you make Clary happy,…”

“Nothing less than 7 inches.”