Cassandra Clare Quotes page 13

“Your trusting idiocy knows no bounds”

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Bitten? You mean you're a-"
"A werewolf," said the girl. "Like everyone else here. Except you, and the asshole. And the asshole's sister.”

Source: City of Fallen Angels

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Maia to Simon, pg. 50
Variant: A werewolf. Like everyone else here. Except you, and the asshole. And the asshole's sister.
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

“She supposed they were imperfections, those marks, but they didn't feel that way to her; they were a history, cut into his body: the map of a life of endless war.”

“I must say, I rather like the way you manage Will.”

Source: City of Glass

“Clearly,' said Luke, 'something's going on that I don't know about.'
Simon looked over at him. 'Sometimes I think that's the motto of my life.”

Source: Clockwork Angel

“That's right. Act likerejected. It's not like you tried to kill me or anything.”

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“Scrawny little mundane bastard.”

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“If you insist on disavowing that which is ugly about what you do," said Magnus, still looking at Alec, "you will never learn from your mistakes.”

Source: City of Lost Souls

“I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials," said Will. "And I do wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we've eaten.”

Source: City of Bones

“I don’t think so,” Clary said. “I think maybe she reminded me of you.”
“Because I’m tiny, blonde, and look good in pigtails?”

Source: Clockwork Prince

“So you interrupted my date to make fun of me for still living with my parents. Couldn't you have done that on a night I didn't have a date? That's most nights, in case you're curious.”

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“There will always be those who want to tell you who you are based on your name or the blood in your veins. Do not let other people decide who you are. Decide for yourself.”

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“They all have always loved you, Will Herondale, for you cannot hide what is good about yourself, however hard you try.”

Tessa Gray, to Clary Fray, pg. 716
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
Context: I feel a kinship with you, too, you who have lost both brother and father. I know you have been judged and spoken of as the daughter of Valentine Morgenstern, and now the sister of Jonathan. There will always be those who want to tell you who you are based on your name or the blood in your veins. Do not let people decide who you are. Decide for yourself. That freedom is not a gift; it is a birthright. I hope that you and Jace will use it.

“Other people have shrubbery in their gardens. You have a bottomless pit.”

Source: Clockwork Prince

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“I just don't see why the past has to matter.”

“His steady gaze held hers. His blue eyes were very dark, uniquely so. She had known people before with blue eyes, but they had always been light blue. Will's were the color of the sky just on the edge of night.”

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“What happened to you?”
Jace looked affronted. “What happened to me?”
Alec shook him, not lightly. “You said you were going for a walk! What kind of walk takes six hours?”
“A long one?” Jace suggested.”

Source: Clockwork Angel

“Change is no loss, Will. Not always.”

Source: City of Glass

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Source: Clockwork Princess

“Take my hands,” Alec said. “And take my strength too. Whatever of it you can use to— to keep yourself going.”

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Source: City of Ashes

“The wishes of our hearts are weapons that can be used against us.”

“We seem to be trapped in an episode of One Life to Waste. It's all very dull.”

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

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Magnus to Alec, pg. 144
Variant: What’s going on?”
“We seem to be trapped in an episode of,” Magnus observed. “Its all very dull.”
-Alec & Magnus, pg.144-
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

“You promise me, he said. That you love him. Enough to marry him and make him happy.”

“I was going to kill someone today. I just wasn’t sure who when I woke up this morning. I do love mornings. So full of possibilities.”

Source: Clockwork Prince

“From the first time I saw you, I've belonged to you completely. I still do. If you want me. -Jace”

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“I'm a werewolf, not a golden retriever." (Luke/Lucian)”

Variant: Since the first time i saw you, I've belonged to you completely.
Source: City of Glass

“A rune, hovering like an angel: a shape like two wings joined by a single bar.”

Source: City of Bones

“And of course you wouldn't be going alone,' Will said impatiently. 'I would go with you. I wouldn't let anything happen to you.”

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“But you have to learn to bend a little,” said Clary with a yawn. Despite the story’s content, the rhythm of Jace’s voice had made her sleepy. “Or you’ll break.” “Not if you're strong enough,” said Jace firmly.”

Source: Clockwork Angel

“He'd woken up the next day in the city hospital with Magnus Bane staring down at him with an odd expression--it could have been deep concern or merely curiosity, it was hard to tell with Magnus.”

Source: City of Bones

“I was hoping they'd put up flyers like they do for lost cats," he said. "Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy. Answers to 'Jace' or 'Hot Stuff.”

Source: City of Glass

“"You really want to know what else it was my mom said about you?" he asked.
She shook her head.
He didn't seem to notice. "She said you'd break my heart."”

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Her eyes met his, but she looked quickly away; entangling gazes with Will was confusing at best, dizzying at worst.”

Simon and Clary, pg. 321
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

“Do you often sleep tied to the bed?”

Source: Clockwork Prince

“All that running and getting nowhere, he thought. Story of my life.”

Variant: He waved a hand at the ropes. “Do you often sleep tied to the bed?
Source: Clockwork Angel

“Magic is dangerous - but love is more dangerous still”

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“Come on guys, you cant fight like this forever"
"Actually," Simon said, raising his hand,"I can".
Jace made a weird noise and I realized he was trying not to laugh-which by the way, wasn't working.”

Source: Clockwork Angel

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“(Jace) "Is there anything special you want to see? Paris? Budapest? The Leaning Tower of Pisa?"
Only if it falls on Sebastian's head, she thought.”

“Jace was still staring at her as if she'd told him she'd found out one of the Silent Brothers doing nude cartwheels in the hallway.”

Jace and Clary, pg. 220
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Lost Souls (2012)
Context: "Stay with me. We can see the whole world."
"I am with you. I'm not going anywhere."
"Is there anything special you want to see? Paris? Budapest? The Leaning Tower of Pisa?"
Only if it falls on Sebastian's head, she thought.

“" he said. "I love you. Always.”

Clary, pg. 325
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

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Source: Clockwork Princess

“I thought… that we could at least talk about books.”

“Do you remember what I told you that first time at Taki's? About faerie food?"
"I remember you said you ran down Madison Avenue naked with antlers on your head", said Clary, blinking silver drops off her lashes.”

Source: Clockwork Prince