We're Nephilim. Every one of our life's passages has some mystical component — our births, our deaths, our, marriages, everything has a ceremony and a rune. There is one as well if you wish to become someone's parabatai. It's no small commitment.

The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess (ed. Simon and Schuster, 2013) - ISBN: 9781442483989