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Judith Lewis , better known by her pen name Cassandra Clare, is an American author of young adult fiction, best known for her bestselling series The Mortal Instruments. Wikipedia  

✵ 27. July 1973
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Cassandra Clare Quotes

“You bit de Quincey," he said. "You fool. He's a vampire. You know what it means to bite a vampire."
"I had no choice," said Will. "He was choking me."
"I know," Jem said. "But really, Will. Again?”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Variant: Jem shook his head. "You bit de Quincey" he said. "You fool. He's a VAMPIRE"

"I had no choice" said Will " He was choking me"

"I know" Jem said. " But really Will, AGAIN?
Source: Clockwork Angel

“I can't tell them what to do!"
"Why not?" the other girl demanded. "Honestly, Clary, if you don't start utilizing a bit of your natural feminine superiority, I just don't know what I'll do with you.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“Meet me in the courtyard in half an hour, then,” said Will. “I’ll wake Cyril. And be prepared to swoon at my finery.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“"What makes you think that Valentine's change of plans had anything to do with your brother?"
"Because only Jace can piss someone off that much."”

Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments

Luke and Clary, pg. 325
The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

“She soared above the ground, and he kept her tethered to the earth. Without him she would be lost among the clouds.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“He wondered if normalcy was something, like vision or silence, you didn't realize was precious until you lost it.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“Sometimes when she looks at him that way he finds himself almost blushing; a feeling so strange he almost doesn’t recognize it. Jace Wayland doesn’t blush.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“What happens in the demon realms stays in the demon realms,” said Jace.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“I have wanted to do this," he said, "every moment of every hour of every day that I have been with you since the day I met you. but you know that. Youknow. Don't you?”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Then again, it was Jace. He'd pick a fight with a Mack truck if the urge took him.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Clary, pg. 40
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

“(Sebastian) "See, there you go. You're always looking at me like that."
"Like what?"
"Like I burn down animal shelters for fun and light my cigarettes with orphans.”

Cassandra Clare

“You are not the last dream of my soul.

You are the first dream, the only dream I ever was unable to stop myself from dreaming. You are the first dream of my soul, and from that dream I hope will come all other dreams, a lifetime’s worth.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else - someone, incidentally, who will never love you back. Not the way I do.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Variant: No." Magnus strode toward him. "I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else-someone, incidentally, who will never love you back. Not the way I do.
Source: City of Glass

“How long have you been drawing me?”
He sighted. A moment later his hand came to rest in her hair. His fingers twined in the strands. “My whole life.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“Is this some manly bonding thing I can't be a part of? Are you getting matching haircuts?”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“Jace snorted so loudly that she turned on him with a frown. He wiggled his mud-caked fingers at her. His nails were black crescents. "Filthy inside and out.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“Gideon Lightwood said he was at the Institute in Madrid. What on earth was he doing there?'
'Faffing about, most likely', said Will.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“You can take your Law," she said in a measured tone, "and shove it right up your-”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“Isabelle," she said, lightening her tone with an obvious effort, "your loyalty to your friend is understandable --"
"He's not my friend." Isabelle looked over at Jace, who was staring at her in a sort of daze. "He's my brother.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“They belonged to each other totally, and always would, and that was that.
But maybe everyone felt that way? Until the moment they realized they were just like everyone else, and everything they'd thought was real shattered apart.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“If you have a soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same. You are that flame.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“Isabelle was holding an umbrella. It was clear plastic, decorated with decals of colorful flowers. It was one of the girliest things Simon had ever seen, and he didn’t blame Alec for ducking out from under it and taking his chances with the rain.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Fine." Magnus stood up. "But," he added, pausing by Alec's chair and leaning in close to him, "you are not trivial."
Alec flushed. "If you say so," he said.
"I say so," said Magnus, and he turned to follow Isabelle out of the room.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“You are all that exists on the earth and under the sky that I do love.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Variant: And I love you," Kieran said. "You are all that exists on the earth and under the sky that I do love.
Source: Lady Midnight

“Regret is such a pointless emotion, don't you agree?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“It doesn't matter how many times you say it. It'll still be true.'
'And it doesn't matter what you won't let me say, that'll still be true too.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“She looked across the room at, she wasn't sure why, only to find thatThey both glanced hastily away.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“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.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“Maybe Alexander Lightwood would not break his heart.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: The Course of True Love [and First Dates]

“He was gazing at her, the way one did when one felt one was unobserved. He had that look on his face, the look he usually got only when he was playing the violin, as if he were completely caught up and entranced.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“She'd rather hoped for something simple, like a lined piece of notebook paper with MY EVIL PLAN written across the top, but no luck.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Ghosts are memories, and we carry them because those we love do not leave the world”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“My heart is your heart," he said. "My hands are your hands.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Variant: And what if I'm the one who kills him?" "My heart is your heart," he said, "My hands are your hands.
Source: City of Lost Souls

“You sound as if you don't mind what happens to it," said Tessa. "Won't you miss it here? This place has been your home."
His fingers stroked her wrist lightly, making her shiver.
"You are home for me now.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Sometimes the most ruthless heart speaks the most truth”

Cassandra Clare book Lord of Shadows

Source: Lord of Shadows

“She realized that this scarred, sarcastic boy, was gentle with the things he loved.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Tell me, is he always really rude, or does he save that for mundanes?"
"Oh, he's rude to everyone," said Isabelle airily. "It's what makes him so damn sexy. That and he's killed more demons than anyone else his age.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“You tried to drink the East River,"Magnus said, and Alec saw, as if for the first time, that Magnus's clothes were soaking wet too, sticking to his body like a dark second skin.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“Change is not always accomplished peacefully, but that does not make it disadventageous.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Hiding here, are you? That’s awkward.” “Why?” “Because I had intended to hide here myself.” “You may hide here with me, if you wish.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Why are you such an asshat?"
"An asshat?" Jace looked as if he were about to laugh.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“Magnus, we’re going down to the lake," he said. "Do you want to come?"
“Why?” Magnus inquired.
Alec shrugged, “Clary says it’s pretty,” he said. “I mean, I’ve seen it before, but there was a huge angel rising out of it, and that was distracting.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“You don't get it, Clary. You don't understand what it's like to live always at war, to grow up with battle and sacrifice. I guess it's not your fault. It's just how you were brought up”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“Have you ever felt that your heart contained so much that it must surely break apart”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“Then why are you here?” Emma demanded. “Oh, is this one of those missed-connections things? We met the other night, you felt a spark? Sorry, but I don’t date trees.”

“I am not a tree.” Iarlath looked angry, his bark peeling slightly.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“I have an idea," Simon said. "Remember how before, I was talking about Dungeons and Dragons?"

"Vividly," Jace said. "It was a dark time.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Variant: Remember how before, I was talking about Dungeons and Dragons?
Vividly, Jace said. It was a dark time.
Source: City of Heavenly Fire