Quotes from Cassandra Clare

I can't - I'll chop off my own foot!" "If you're going to chop off anyone's foot, chop off Benedict's," Will muttered.

I've been thinking of installing a train in my house. It could bring me shrimp crackers from the kitchen.

Ducks, embrace me as your king!"--James Herondale.

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

You disappear so completely into your head sometimes," he said. "I wish I could follow you." You do, she wanted to say. You live in my head all the time.

Was it better to think you had lost everything, and to start over? Or easier to know that the people you loved were alive, even if you could never see them again?

Hey baby, guess where my warlock mark is? Never works. Trust me. Never works.

Sorry. Was it awful?" "Being a rat? No. First it was disorienting. I was suddenly at ankle-level with everyone. I thought I'd drunk a shrinking potion, but I couldn't figure out why I had this urge to chew used gum wrappers.

The path to hell is an easy one.

Memories were like love: wound and cure, both at once.

I'll walk you back, Jace said. "As for Simon, he can manage his own way back in the dark-can't you Simon?" "Of course he can, Alec said indignantly, as if eager to make up for his earlier slighting of Simon. "He's a vampire-and," he added, "I just realized that you were probably joking. Never mind me.

one could not be truly lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours.

He speaks of you only with the greatest pride, Will

Emma: Whoa. Whoa ho ho. Cristina: Did you just say "whoa ho ho"? Emma: I did. So is this like a high-five-slash-chest-bump- situation or an oh-my-God-what-are-we-going-to-do-situation?

People were intrinsically selfish, and many hated the idea of a woman in charge of the Institute. They would not put themselves at risk for her. Only a few weeks ago he would have said the same thing about himself. Now, knowing Charlotte, he realized to his surprise, the idea of risking himself for her seemed an honor, as it would be to most Englishmen to risk themselves for the queen.

If the date is a complete disaster, I'll text you. I'll say 'Blue Squirrel, this is Hot Fox. Mission to be aborted with extreme prejudice.' Then you call me and you tell me that there is a terrible emergency that requires my expert warlock assistance.

Always Emma, the better, brighter half of him, who tempered his ruthlessness, who forced him to acknowledge the light when he saw only darkness. - Julian Blackthorn

Why do you tell me you love me only when you're drunk or dreaming? she asked. I have awful timing, said Simon

How is Ty? There is nothing wrong with Ty, but he is different, and the Clave hates all that is different. They will try to punish him, for being who he is. They would punish a star for burning.

He sat down on the edge of Lucie's bed—and immediately leaped back up, blushing. Lucie took her hands off her hips, amused. "A ghost with a sense of propriety. That is funny." He looked at her darkly. He really did have a most arresting face, she thought. His black hair and green eyes made a wintry contrast against his pale skin. As a writer, one had to pay attention to these things. Descriptions were very important.

So, what are you?" "What I am is someone who doesn't want you to jump out of the window. The rest are details.

They were frightening enough, but Tessa could not help but feel that if Will were there, he would have commented that they looked like turnips, and perhaps made up a song about it.

I make rude gestures at nuns

If Jace was gold, catching the light and attention, Alec was silver. And silver, though few people knew it, was a rarer metal than gold.