Quotes from Cassandra Clare

Are you threatening to kidnap me?" "If you want to look at it that way," Jace said, "yes.

I think," Jace said, "that you don't want to tell your secrets, so you decided to break up with Alec because...

Do not think I do not know that Cecily wants you to return home with her. And do not think I do not know that you remain for Jem's sake." "And yours," he said before he could stop himself.

Jem cried out with all his remaining strength. You cannot go where I am going! Nor would I want that for you!

So I lied to you last night. I said that I just wanted one night with you. But I want every night with you.

Isabelle: Do you want some soup? Jace: No Isabelle: Do you think Hodge will want some soup? Jace: No one wants soup Simon: I want some soup! Jace: No, you don't. You just want to sleep with Isabelle

And write what you love - dont feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny. You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.

Is he dead?" he inquired. "He looks dead." "No," snapped Maryse. "He's not dead." "Have you checked? I could kick him if you want.

There was something about Jace, though, that made her want to push him, crack that shell of cynicism and make him admit her believed something, felt something, cared about anythinng at all.

Your city is under attack," he said. 'The wards are down, adn the streets area full of demons. And you want to know why I haven't called you?" Magnus to Alec

I love reading epic fantasies and big fat books and so I really wanted to write one. I think you always write what you want to read.

True love is hard to find." - Malcolm Fade

Music actually inspires me a lot. I listen to a lot of music, and often I find that if I can associate mentally a song or a piece of music with a particular character or scene, it helps me get back into the head of that character.

If you never tell anyone the truth about yourself, eventually you start to forget.

Not enough, " he said, letting her hair slip through his fingers. "If I kiss you all day, everyday, for the rest of my life, it wont be enough.

People who know and love the same books you do have the roadmap of your soul. I believe that.

I feel myself dissolving, vanishing into nothingness, for if there is no one in the world who cares for you, do you really exist at all?

One must always be careful of books and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

If I kiss you all day, everyday, for the rest of my life, it won't be enough.

If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now.

Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?' Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself." ..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland." "Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.

One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

There is no pretending," Jace said with absolute clarity. "I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then.