Quotes from Cassandra Clare

Let me ask you something," Simon said. "Do you find me fascinating to be around?" "What was that?" Jace said. "Sorry, I think I fell asleep for a moment. Do, continue with whatever mesmerizing thing you were saying.

He'd probably been born with abs. Some were born with abs, some achieved abs, and some - like Simon - had abs thrust upon them by cruel instructors.

I am glad," he said. "They will be able to take care of each other when I am gone, or at least I can hope for it. He says she does not love him, but—surely she will come to love him in time. Will is easy to love, and he has given her his whole heart. I can see it. I hope she will not break it.

Most people don't cry when they're upset or frightened, but rather when they're frustrated. Your frustration is understandable. You've been through a most trying time." -Hodge

People fell in love, and lost, and moved on. He didn't know why he couldn't. He didn't know why he didn't even want to. All he knew was that whatever he had to owe to Hell or Heaven for this chance, he was going to make it count.

You don't understand,' she said, and there was a puzzling trace of resentment in her voice. 'Children never do. The love a parent has for a child, there's nothing else like it. No other love so consuming.

I'm warning you, that jacket is sexy. The Institute could go up in sexy, sexy flames.

I'll never pause again, never stand still, till either death hath closed these eyes of mine, or fortune given me measure of revenge.'

If I must fade,' he said, 'I would like to fade remembering this as my last waking dream.' 'Don't go,' she whispered. 'Hold on, for me. We are so close.' He touched her cheek. 'Only promise me one thing,' he said. 'If I do go, give us a happy ending, will you? In your book?' 'I don't believe in endings,' she said, but he only smiled at her, and faded slowly from view.

And very amusing it is to watch," said Jem. "Did you know you twitch your nose when you sleep, like a rabbit?" "I do not," she said, with a whispered laugh.- In my dreams (Chapter 17) deleted scene- Clockwork Prince

Vows of friendship and love are stronger,

Feeling this way was a particular kind of horror, having the emotions without the memories.

What's going on?" "We seem to be trapped in an episode of One Life to Waste ," Magnus observed. "Its all very dull." -Alec & Magnus, pg.144-

But the soul, the spirit that made her Livvy was no longer there: It was something that had gone away to a far and untouchable place, even as Julian ran his hands over her hair again and again and begged her to wake up and look at him just one more time. High above the Council Hall, the golden clock began to chime the hour.

But I think you're letting your fear get in the way of what you really want because what you really want is what you're afraid of.

You are my conscience. You have ever been, James Carstairs.

Simon looked down at himself and took it all in. The billows of the shirt. The deep, chest-exposing V. The tightness of the leather. "Why is it," he said after a moment, "that whenever I think I've found the most terrible thing that could happen to me, I'm always wrong.

If you can't tell the truth to the people you care about the most, eventually you stop being able to tell the truth to yourself.

You're the shape-changer, aren't you?" Ragnor said. "Magnus Bane told me about you. No mark on you at all, they say.""No. No mark."He grinned around his fork. "I do suppose they've looked everywhere?""I'm sure Will's tried," said Jessamine.

Somebody incredibly attractive just came into the room, and I ceased to pay attention to a word you were saying.

And we believe in his promises. Therefore you can never lose hope - hatikva - because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.

This is how a faerie loves: with her whole body and soul. This is how a faerie loves: with destruction. This is how a faerie loves: with a gift.

there was no spell to cure a broken heart that did not also destroy that heart's capacity for love forever.

But what about Isabelle?" Simon asked. "What do I do?" "I have no idea," said Jace. "So you just came here to torture me and talk about yourself?" Simon demanded. "Oh, Simon, Simon, Simon," said Jace. "You may not remember, but that's kind of our thing.