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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

“I would rather insult you than lose you, he said, and before any of them could make a move to stop him, he cast both items into the fire.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“And we believe in his promises. Therefore you can never lose hope -  hatikva - because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Variant: Therefore you can never lose hope--because if you keep hope alive, it will keep you alive.
Source: City of Lost Souls

“I will find you," Ragnor told him. "I will find whatever chest of absurd clothes you have. And I will bring a llama into the place where you sleep and make sure that it urinates on everything you possess.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: What Really Happened in Peru

“Charlotte, Will’s being
vexing.'
'And the sun has come up in the east,'
said Jem, to no one in particular.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“All Lightwoods look the same to me”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Ladies' hearts are like china on a mantelpiece. There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

“Simon was still trying to work out how Shadowhunter government and also Shadowhunter family trees worked. They all seemed to be related to each other and it was very disturbing.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

“That the wall is coming down.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Because that which was new was almost always temporary. And that which was temporary broke your heart.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“If you're really tired, I could put you to sleep," he said. "Tell you a bedtime story."
She looked at him. "Are you serious?"
"I'm always serious”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“The only alternative seems to be doing nothing…and doing nothing, I find, rarely accomplishes anything”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“We were once getting married. And I have loved you all this time- a century and a half. -Jem”

Cassandra Clare

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess

“It's hard to believe how much light you cand find in the darkness, when you have someone who loves you.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Pale Kings and Princes

“How is Ty? There is nothing wrong with Ty, but he is different, and the Clave hates all that is different. They will try to punish him, for being who he is. They would punish a star for burning.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Bitter of Tongue

“I'm a Shadowhunter. Quip fast, die young.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“You couldn't know how much going away had changed you until you tried to go home.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: The Lost Herondale

“Well, why did you kill Jeremiah? And don't bother feeding me some story about how you just happened to wander along after he spontaneously died. I know you did this.”

Cassandra Clare

“Our love is forbidden like the love of a shark and a—and a shark hunter. But that’s what makes it special.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“Maureen wants to touch you,” Clary said with a sideways grin. “Bad touch.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“No. It is said that the Nephilim are the children of men and angels. All that this angelic heritage has given to us is a longer distance to fall.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“People fell in love, and lost, and moved on. He didn’t know why he couldn’t. He didn’t know why he didn’t even want to. All he knew was that whatever he had to owe to Hell or Heaven for this chance, he was going to make it count.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“Somebody incredibly attractive just came into the room, and I ceased to pay attention to a word you were saying.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

“If you do not intend to help us," she said, "then leave this house. Dawn is coming."
"I am not a vampire." Magnus said. "I shall not disappear with the light"
"You will if I kill you before the sun comes up.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: The Midnight Heir

“The Clave thinks the wards will stand forever because they’ve stood for a thousand years. But so did Rome, till the barbarians came. Everything falls someday”

Cassandra Clare

“We all must sacrifice for love”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“She’d tried to program it when they’d gotten into the Toyota, but it had refused to turn on. Once, the GPS had only spoken in a heavy German accent for weeks. Julian had decided it was possessed.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“Is this a game? We just blurt out whatever word comes next to mind? In that case mine's 'genuphobia'. It means an unreasonable fear of knees."
"What's the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?" inqired Jessamine.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Why do you tell me you love me only when you're drunk or dreaming? she asked. I have awful timing, said Simon”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“I always knew there were vampires, dude,” he’d said. “Because, you know how there’s people you know who, like, always look the same, even when they’re, like, a hundred years old? Like David Bowie? That’s because they’re vampires.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“Gold to airy thinness beat.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Don't look pleased with yourself. When Will says 'enterprising, ' he means 'morally deficient. '" "No, I mean enterprising, " said Will. "When I mean morally deficient, I say, 'Now, that's something I would have done.”

Cassandra Clare The Mortal Instruments

Variant: When Will says 'enterprising', he means 'morally deficient.'"
"No, I mean enterprising," said Will. "When I mean morally deficient, I say, 'Now, that's something I would have done.
Source: The Mortal Instruments

“I fear I must agree," Magnus murmured. He pressed a hand over his heart and his new peacock-blue waistcoast. "I strive to find some respect in my heart for you, but alas! It seems an impossible quest.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

“Everyone gets the time they get together, and no more.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Variant: Everyone gets the time they get together, and no more. Maybe we're not so different that way.
Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“And lo and behold, my diabolical plan is working.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“You are mortal. You age, you die. If that is not hell, pray tell me, what is?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“Let me ask you something,” Simon said. “Do you find me fascinating to be around?”
“What was that?” Jace said. “Sorry, I think I fell asleep for a moment. Do, continue with
whatever mesmerizing thing you were saying.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“I don't remember everything," he said.
"Not yet. But I remember you."
He brought her hand up, touched the gold ring on her right index finger, the Fair Folk metal warm to the touch.
"Clary," he said.
"You're Clary. You're my best friend.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“Lips. There was something strangely, delicately
indelicate about the word, like a kiss
itself.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change. I guess that means I've grown up now…”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Variant: I've screwed everything up royally. I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change.
Source: City of Ashes

“His blue eyes were very dark… Will's were the colour of the sky just on the edge of the night…”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“Simon sighed. "People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but It's the way you live your life that matters.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Variant: People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.
Source: City of Glass

“The truth is that I love Simon like I should love you, and I wish that he was my brother and you weren't." - Clary”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“He'd probably been born with abs. Some were born with abs, some achieved abs, and some - like Simon - had abs thrust upon them by cruel instructors.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Bitter of Tongue

“Sometimes he thought they were all forsaken, every soul on this earth.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale

“What is this? Early caroling?”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“Simon grinned. "You've never heard of Dungeons and Dragons?"
"I've heard of dungeons," Jace said. "Also dragons. Although they're mostly extinct.”

Cassandra Clare