Cassandra Clare: Trending quotes (page 51)

“Being sixteen forever sounded good until you really thought about it. Then it didn't seem like such a great prospect.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

Love

“For the first time Valentine glanced down at the body of Brother Jeremiah. "I did kill him, and the rest of the Silent Brothers as well. I had to. They had something I needed."
"What? A sense of decency?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Sense , Time

“He has many things I haven’t got,” said Jace. “Like nearsightedness, bad posture, and an appalling lack of coordination.”
-Jace about Simon, pg. 331-”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the childcatcher from.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Clary, Isabelle, Jace, and Simon, pg. 150
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Context: "Traded him for Alec," Clary said.
"Not permanently."
"No," said Jace. "Just for a few hours. Unless I don't come back. In which case, maybe he does get to keep Alec. Think of it as a lease with an option to buy."
"Mom and Dad won't be pleased if they find out."
"That you freed a possible criminal by trading away your brother to a warlock who looks like a gay Sonic the Hedgehog and dresses like the Child Catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang?" Simon inquired. "No, probably not."

“Does that mean you agree?"
He groaned. "I think it means you crushed my spirit and beat me down."
"Fantastic.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

Thinking

“Forsooth, I no longer toil in vain,
To prove that demon pox warps the brain.
So though 'ti pity, it's not in vain
That the pox-ridden worm was slain:
For to believe in me, you all must deign.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“You live in my head all the time." (Clary Fray)”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

Time

“The Queen sniffed. "I rather miss your Jace," she said. "Of all of you, he was the prettiest and the best-mannered.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“I can't get enough adventure," Magnus said lightly. "And adventure cannot get enough of me.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: What Really Happened in Peru

“As long as we're together, I'm ready for anything.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“Sometimes carrying the burden of an upsetting truth, and hiding it, is actually a gift you give to someone else. You bear that burden, so they don’t have to, in a situation where telling them will change nothing.”

Cassandra Clare

Truth , Change

“Don’t be with him, don’t want him, don’t go with him. Be with me. Want me. Stay with me.
I don’t know how to be without you.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“Will-," Tessa began but it was too late, Church made a yowling noise at being woken, and lashed out with his claws. Will began to swear. Tessa left, unable to hide the slightest of smiles as she went.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

Smile

“You know Jace Lightwood?" said Emma.
"I-- What?"
"He's famous," Emma said with obvious amazement. He's the best Shadowhunter. The best.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“I belong to you. You could do anything you wanted with me and I would let you. You could ask anything of me and I'd break myself trying to make you happy. My heart tells me this is the best and greatest feeling I have ever had.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

Feeling , Heart , Happiness

“One minute you're munching on a faerie plum the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not,' he added hastily, 'that this has ever happened to me.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Jace to Clary, pg. 192
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
Context: "Don't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not," he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me."