Source: Clockwork Prince
Cassandra Clare Quotes
“You know, when someone prefers their own brother over you, it isn't a confidence booster.”
Source: City of Fallen Angels
“Jealousy is such an ugly emotion.”
Source: City of Fallen Angels
“Hope is all that keeps us going sometimes, biscuit”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“The world is a wheel. When we rise or fall, we do it together.”
Source: Clockwork Princess
“You have a book that’s also a face?”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
“And you should not be out and about in your nightgown. There are Lightwoods wandering these halls.”
Source: Clockwork Princess
Source: City of Ashes
Source: City of Fallen Angels
Source: The Course of True Love [and First Dates]
Source: Clockwork Prince
“I love round tables. They suit me so much better than a square.”
Magnus, pg. 137
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
“It's always better to live the truth than to live a lie.”
Source: Clockwork Prince
Source: Clockwork Angel
“Hang Mortmain," said Will. "And I mean that literally, of course, but also figuratively.”
Source: Clockwork Prince
“Seeing through glamour is easy. It's people that are hard.”
Clary to Simon, pg. 341
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
“Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.”
Source: City of Heavenly Fire
Variant: Will-"
"I love you so much, so incredibly much," he went on, "and when you're this close to me, I forget who you are. I forget you're Jem's. I'd have to be the worst sort of person to think what I'm thinking right now. But I am thinking it.
Source: Clockwork Princess
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death.”
Source: City of Fallen Angels
“Doing the right thing because you love someone sucks sometimes.”
Source: City of Glass
Source: Clockwork Angel
Variant: I stabbed you. With a massive sword. You caught on fire."
His lips twitched, almost imperceptibly. "Okay, so maybe our problems aren't like other couples.
Source: City of Lost Souls
Maia Roberts and Malcolm Fade, pg. 404
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
Context: We don't have a mouse problem,' said Maia. 'We have a megalomaniac problem.' She looked at Catarina. 'Sebastian's determined to drive wedges between Downworlders and Shadowhunters. Kidnapping the representatives, attacking the Praetor, he won't stop there. All of Downworld will know soon enough what's going on. The question is, where will they stand?'
'We will stand bravely with you!' Malcolm announced. Catarina looked darkly at him, and he quailed. 'Well, we will stand bravely near you. Or at least within earshot.
Magnus and Simon, pg. 137
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)