Cassandra Clare: Trending quotes (page 80)

“I've been thinking of installing a train in my house. It could bring me shrimp crackers from the kitchen.”

“There might be a God, Clary, and there might not, but I don't think it matters. Either way, we're on our own.”

“No one can live with nothing.”

“Hail and Farewell, my brother.”

“What would you prefer? 'What did the Count eat today, children? One helpless villager, two helpless villagers, three helpless villagers….”

“Go to faeries for gossip about vampires, to werewolves for gossip about faeries, and do not gossip about werewolves, because they try to bite your face off: that was Magnus's motto.”

“… love given without free will or truthfulness wasn't love at all.”

“Wasn't it? Is loyalty still a commendable quality when it is misdirected?”

“He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.”

“Jace was kissing her like he thought he might go to hell for doing it, but it would be worth it.”

“I knew then that Jocelyn would never come back to me, because of you. You are the only thing in the world she ever loved more than she loved me. And because of that she hates me. And because of that, I hate the sight of you”

“Jace knew he was being cruel, and he barely cared. Hurting people he loved was almost as good as hurting himself when he was in this kind of mood.”

“It was truly amazing, Clary thought, how much teenage boys were able to eat without ever gaining weight or making themselves sick.
-pg.68”

“I hate it when straight guys think all gay guys are attracted to them. I'm not attracted to every guy any more than you're attracted to every girl.”

“He wont have to worry about you spilling his secrets.”
“Yeah,” Jace said, “he‘s terrified I‘ll tell everyone that he‘s always really wanted to be a ballerina.”
-Inquisitor & Jace about Valentine, pg.123-”

“I do not mean to seem indelicate or ungrateful," said Linette Owens, "but are you a dangerous lunatic?”

“What’s wrong with you?” Simon demanded. “Saying ‘don’t panic’ is guaranteed to make everyone panic! Be specific about the problem.”

“To be beautiful you had to be willowy and tall. When you were as short as Clary was, just over five feet, you were cute. Not pretty or beautiful, but cute.”

“I can't - I'll chop off my own foot!"
"If you're going to chop off anyone's foot, chop off Benedict's," Will muttered.”