Cassandra Clare Quotes page 17

“I think of myself as a freewheeling bisexual,' - Magnus Bane”

Source: Clockwork Angel

“I’m—sorry about being a lousy date,” Alec muttered.

“What are you talking about?” Magnus asked. “You’re a fantastic date. You’ve only been here ten minutes, and I already got half of your clothes off.”

“Well, you know, your mom gets like this sometimes," Simon said. "Like when she breathes in or out.”

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

“She had wondered, when he’d looked into her eyes and said that he’d had to learn to make do without mirrors in the Wild Hunt, whose eyes he’d been looking into for all those years. Who’d been his mirror.
Now she knew.”

Source: City of Bones

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“Do you think…"
He raised his eyebrows. "Do I think what?"
"That Valentine might have drowned?"
"Never believe the bad guy is dead until you see a body," said Simon. "That just leads to unhappiness and surprise ambushes.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“In theory, when yoou're done with training, you should be able ot kick a hole in a wall or eknock out a moose with a single punch."

"I would never hit a moose," said Clary. "They're endangered.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Variant: And second, keep in mind that you are a weapon. In theory, when you're done with training, you should be able to kick a hole in a wall or knock out a moose with a single punch."
"I would never hit a moose," said Clary. "They're endangered.
Source: City of Fallen Angels

“You cannot reduce the situation to worm jokes, Will. This is Gabriel and Gideon’s father we’re discussing.”
“We’re not just discussing him; we’re chasing him through an ornamental sculpture garden because he’s turned into a worm.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“You want a round table meeting, we can have a round table meeting."
"I love round tables," said Magnus brightly. "They suit me so much better than square.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“You don't need to worry, though. He's not my type."
"I don't think I've ever heard a girl say that before," said Simon. "I thought Jace was the kind of guy who was everyone's type.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“i was joking with isabelle about vampires right before it happened. just trying to make her laugh, you know? what freaks out jewish vanpires? silver stars of david? chopped liver? check for eighteen dollars?”

“Wherever we are, we are as one”

Source: City of Bones

“Dear me," said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. "Is it because I'm better-looking than you?”

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“No, you don’t need to help me. But if you don’t, there’s nothing stopping me from calling you up again and again, now that I know you can’t kill me. Think of it as me leaning against your Heavenly doorbell… forever.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“I shall never eat duck again. I cannot believe I used to like duck. The duck betrayed me.”

“Because you told me you don't have feelings for me anymore, and you see, that's very akward, because I still have them for you. And I bet you know it.”

Source: Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“He played of love and loss and years of silence, words unsaid and vows unspoken, and all the spaces between his heart and theirs; and when he was done, and he'd set the violin back in its box, Will's eyes were closed, but Tessa's were full of tears.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“He touched her as he usually touched his beloved violin, with a soft and urgent grace that left her breathless.”

“Chairmen Meow deserves me every effort.”

“Why are you wearing a T-shirt under your other T-shirt?" Livvy asked.
"In case one of them is stolen," Marked said, as it were entirely normal.”

Source: City of Bones

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“Black for hunting through the night
For death and sorrow, the color’s white
Gold for a bride in her wedding gown,
And red to call enchantment down.”

“There is nothing quite like the moral absolutism of the young." -Hodge”

“It's like banging my head against the wall, except if I were actually banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop.”

Source: City of Bones

“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

“It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.”

“So I’m your first ever Shadowhunter, huh?" Alec said when they separated at last.
"You’re my first so many things, Alec Lightwood," Magnus said.”

Source: Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Variant: So I’m your first ever Shadowhunter, huh?" Alec said when they separated at last.
"You’re my first so many things, Alec Lightwood
Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“Looking for an entirely reliable informant is like looking for a chaste mistress.”

“No," Jace agreed. "We don't fly. We break and enter.”

Source: Clockwork Angel

“I don't want the world. I want you.”

Source: City of Bones

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“There were valuable first editions of books in the enormous library, most of them had been scribbled in by some idiot named Will H.”

Cassandra Clare book Lord of Shadows

Source: Lord of Shadows

“Jace threw himself against the door. It didn't budge. He cursed. "My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health."
-Jace to Clary, pg.284-”

“And therefor," said Magnus "We must go."
Will blinked at him. "Go where?"
"Don't worry about that right now, my love."
Will blinked again. "Pardon?”

Variant: My shoulder will never be the same. I expect you to nurse me back to health.'-Jace
'Just break the door down, will you?'-Clary
Source: City of Bones

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“He always lived in his head. He never cared about how things were, only how they would be, someday, when he had everything he wanted. When we had everything we wanted.”