Cassandra Clare Quotes

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Wo ai ni, Tessa, he whispered. Wo bu xiang shi qu ni. She knew, without knowing how she knew, what the words meant. I love you. And I don't want to lose you.

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Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

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I forgot that's what gets you all hot and bothered, Jace, girls killing things." "I like anyone killing things, especially me." he said with a smile.

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But that was Isabelle — if there was a boy around and blame that needed to be pinned on someone, Isabelle would pin it on him

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[...] He tasted like snowflakes and wine, like winter and Will and London.

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Charlotte, Will's being vexing.' 'And the sun has come up in the east,' said Jem, to no one in particular.

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You know, when most girls say they want a big rock, they don't mean, you know, literally a big rock." "Very amusing, my sarcastic friend. It's not a rock, precisely. All Shadowhunters have a witchlight rune-stone.

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The kitchen was just as empty, even the refrigerator gone, the chairs, the table—the kitchen cabinets stood open, their bare shelves reminder her of a nursery rhyme. She cleared her throat. "What would demons," she said, "want with our microwave?

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He leaned against the door frame, ignoring the kick of adrenaline the sight of her produced. He wondered why, not for the first time. Isabelle used her beauty like she used her whip, but Clary didn't know she was beautiful at all. Maybe that was why.

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Ragnor looked very regretful about all the choices that had led him to his being in this place and especially in this company

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Drowning yourself won't help, she told herself sternly. Now, drowning Will, on the other hand...

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Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind.

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He took her by the shoulders and pulled her closer to him, his fingers knotting in the fabric of her dress. Even more than in the attic, she felt caught in the eddy of a powerful wave that threatened to pull her over and under, to crush and break her, to wear her down to softness as the sea might wear down a piece of glass.

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You think she'll be able to talk sense into him? she asked. His sister? "If he listens to anyone, it would be her. That's sweet, said Maia. That he loves his sister like that. Yeah, Simon said. It's precious

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Yes," Jace said, "I regret having disobeyed you." No! Clary thought, but her heart sank. Was he giving up, did he think it was the only way to save her and Simon? Valentine's face softened. "Jonathan-" "Especially," Jace said, "since I plan to do it again. Right now.

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Magnus's eyes went back to Alec. They were gold-green, as unreadable as the eyes of the cat he held on his lap. "Not my favorite topic, Smedley." "Simon", said Simon. "If I'm going to die for you all, the least you could do is remember my name.

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Looking at him now-even if she hadn't been in love with him, that part of her that was her mother's daugher, that loved every beautiful thing for its beauty alone, would still have wanted him.

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Someday, Will, I will go where none can follow me, and I think it will be sooner rather than later. Have you ever asked yourself why I agreed to be your parabatai?

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If this is your idea of glamour, I'm having second thoughts about letting you make me over.

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Charlotte slammed the paper down onto her desk with an exclamation of rage. Aloysius Starkweather is the most stubborn, hypocritical, obstinate, degenerate— She broke off, clearly fighting for control of her temper. Tessa had never seen Charlotte's mouth so firmly set into a hard line. Would you like a thesaurus? Will inquired. You seem to be running out of words.

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The way he looked at you. I got it then. He loved you, and it was killing him. He won't get over you, Clary, he can't.

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Oh, leave it, said Jem, kicking Will, not without affection, lightly on the ankle. She's annexed my plan! Will, Tessa said firmly. Do you care more about the plan being enacted or about getting credit for it? Will pointed a finger at her. That, he said. The second one.

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I guess it's true what they say," observed Jace. "There are no straight men in the trenches." "That's atheists, jackass," said Simon furiously. "There are no atheists in the trenches.

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To lose an arm or a leg would be painful, but to lose the central truth of your life felt—fatal.

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Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being.

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She had always wanted a brother. And she had one now. Sebastian. It was like always wanting a puppy and being a hellhound instead.

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I need someone who can keep up with me, not some sickly creature that looks as if he's doddering off to the grave.

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Magnus gazed upon Camille. "Some of my fondest memories include lashings of cream and beautiful women.

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When you told me the first time that Valentine was your father, I didn't believe it. Not just because I didn't want it to be true, but because you weren't anything like him. I've never thought you're anything like him. But you are. You are.

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Unrequited love is a ridiculous state, and it makes those in it behave ridiculously.

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