Quotes from Cassandra Clare

Goodness," Tessa said to the back of his head. "If you keep seeing Six-Fingered Nigel like this, he'll expect you to declare your intentions.

Heroes aren't always the ones who win," she said. "They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.

Do not seek revenge and call it justice.

Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.

We live and breathe words. It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved again. It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.

You're my sister," he said finally. "My sister, my blood, my family. I should want to protect you" - he laughed soundlessly and without any humor - "to protect you from the sort of boys who want to do with you exactly what I want to do." Clary's breath caught. "You said you just wanted to be my brother from now on." "I lied," he said.

Actually," said Jace, "I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own.

As far as I'm concerned, this is the worst thing that's happened since I found out why Magnus was banned from Peru.

If you really love something, you never try to keep it the way it is forever. You have to let it be free to change.

Did Brother Zachariah just steal our cat?

I believe in good and evil," said Jem. "And I believe the soul is eternal. But I don't believe in the fiery pit, the pitchforks, or endless torment. I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness." Tessa looked at will. "What about you? What do you believe? "Pulvis et umbra sumus," said Will, not looking at her as he spoke. "I believe we are dust and shadows. What else is there?

You're not going," he said as soon as she'd finished. "If I have to tie you up and sit on you until this insane whim of yours passes, you are not going to Idris." - Jace

There are memories that time does not erase... Forever does not make loss forgettable, only bearable.

Also, I'm sleeping with your mom. Just thought you should know.

There is no pretending",Jace said with absolute clarity."I love you,and I will love you until I die,and if there's a life after that,I'll love you then." She caught her breath.He had said it-the words there was no going back from.

One for sorrow, two for mirth, three for a wedding, four for a birth, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret that's never been told. ~ Simon

Jace, There is no wedding! Stop Isabelle! Sit on her if you have to. Just stop her from doing whatever she's doing or I can never come home. -Alec

And the gold of her ruined wedding dress.

I have specific playlists for different books and characters. So, I need to have those with me. It helps me get into the mindset of the book.

There is that. I might have better luck telling him I'm in love with him. Jace thinks everyone's in love with him anyway." "But I," said Clary, "actually am.

If the marriage were valid, she'd be your sister-in-law.

I think I may be in love with you, Sophie," said Will. "Marriage could be in the cards.

You know," Cecily said, "you really didn't have to throw that man through the window.

Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy. Answers to 'Jace' or 'Hot Stuff