Quotes from Cassandra Clare

endless hope, endless disappointment.

Hope is not an illusion.

Speaking of hope, did you see that shot Alec got off with his bow? That's my boyfriend.

Never doubt my weaseling abilities, Shadowhunter, for they are epic and memorable in their scope.

That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year." "Why?" Isabelle said. "So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means.

Jesus!" Luke exclaimed. "Actually, it's just me," said Simon. "Although I've been told the resemblance is startling.

We seemed to be trapped in an episode of One Life To Waste. It's all very dull.

Investigation?" Isabelle laughed. "Now we're detectives? Maybe we should all have code names." "Good idea," said Jace. "I shall be Baron Hotschaft Von Hugenstein.

He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything.

It was hidden inside another book. One Valentine was unlikely to ever open." Magnus smiled crookedly. "Simple Recipes for Housewives. No one can say your mother didn't have a sense of humor.

It wasn't fair, he thought — Aaron having no family and Tamara having her scary family and now Jasper. Soon, there would be no one left for him to hate without feeling bad about it.

Demon hunting and fashion," Clary said. "I never would have thought they went together.

A lot of people have asked me about some of the characters that appear in 'Clockwork Prince,' like Aloysius Starkweather and Woolsey Scott. A lot of people like Woolsey Scott, which I was really happy about because he's very fun to write.

I believe that writer's block is a symptom. It's not a disease, it's the symptom of a disease. So what I try to do is kind of do it like 'House'; write down the symptom and write down the other symptoms. Try to work backwards to figure out what the problem is.

I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.

To marry a girl just to make her a widow," said Gabriel Lightwood. "Many would say that was not a kindness.

You know that I had heard so many times people say things like, 'You could never write 'Harry Potter' and have it be about Harriett Potter because nobody would read it; people only want to read an adventure story if it's about a boy,' and I thought, 'I don't think that's true.'

As long as they're making beloved books into movies, people are going to be like, 'That's not my mental image of them.' It takes that moment for it to click and become their mental image.

You mean you haven't been going on romantic dates with Sebastian while you've been away from me?" "I tried," Jace said, "but no matter how liquored up you get him, he just won't put out.

One can love two children. But your heart can be given romantic love to only a single other, said Woolsey.

Through many waters borne, brother, I am come to thy sad grave, that I may give these last gifts to the dead. Forever and ever, brother, hail. Forever and ever, farewell.

She turned and looked at him. "Ducks?" she said again. A smile tugged the edge of his mouth. "I hate ducks. Don't know why. I just always have.

"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.