City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

by Cassandra Clare

“Sed lex dura lex,” said Jace automatically. “The Law is hard, but it is the Law.”

Facilis descensus Averno; Noctes atque dies patet atri ianua Ditis; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hic labor est. —Virgil, The Aeneid

“What does it mean?” Jace’s grin was a white flash in the darkness. “It means ‘Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of Our Enemies Since 1234.’ ”

that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”