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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

“When I was a little kid, I realized that if you say any word over and over fast enough, it loses all it's meaning.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Ashes

Source: City of Ashes

“I've always been happy with you," he said. "But I never thought I deserved it."
"And now you do?"
"And now the feeling's gone," he said. "All I know is that I love you and for the first time, that's good enough.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“It's all right. It doesn't matter what you do. We're dreaming, you know.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Has there ever been an Inquisitor who didn't die a horrible death?" Simon wondered out loud. " It's like being the drummer in Spinal Tap.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“jace's clothes had been clean, stylish, ordinary. Sebastian had been wearing a long black wool trench coat that had looked expensive.
Like an evil Burbeery ad, Simon said when she was done.”

Cassandra Clare

“Will interrupted. "Henry," he said, "you're on fire. You do know that, don't you?”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“I don't see why its taking so long," Maryse was saying to Magnus "is that normal?"
"What's not normal is the discount I'm giving you."Magnus tapped the heel of his boot against the wall. "Normally I charge twice this much”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“You think that's the solution to everything, don't you, Bane? Drinking and dancing and making love… but I tell you this, something is coming, and we'd be fools to ignore it."
"When have I ever claimed not to be a fool?”

Cassandra Clare

Source: The Rise of the Hotel Dumort

“It will bring you light even among the darkest shadows of this world and others”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“I don't carol, said Simon. I'm Jewish. I only know the dreidel song.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Alec Lightwood and Simon Lewis, pg. 244
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Heavenly Fire (2014)
Context: Above her another window opened, and Alec leaned out. 'What's going on?' His gaze landed on Clary and the others, his eyebrows drawing together in confusion. 'What is this? Early caroling?'
'I don't carol,' said Simon. 'I'm Jewish. I only know the dreidel song.

“Clary and Simon continued to stare judgmentally. It made Simon very happy. Judging people together was an essential part of best friendship.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Born to Endless Night

“That's what happens when you fall. Everything that was bright about you becomes dark. As brilliant as you once were, that's how evil you become. It's a long way to fall”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“It was like I saw your soul in the notes of the music. And it was beautiful.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Princess

“Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: What Really Happened in Peru

“There were impressive stone paths and benches and even a statue of an angel that gave Simon nervous fits, since he was a Doctor Who fan. The angel wasn’t weeping, exactly, but it looked too depressed for Simon’s liking.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

“Are you threatening to kidnap me?"
"If you want to look at it that way," Jace said, "yes.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“He was staring straight ahead, still breathing hard.
“I have something I want to give you.”
“I gathered that.”
At that he jerked his gaze back to hers and almost reluctantly grinned.
“Not that.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Magnus noticed Maryse and Robert, who did not have the best relationship and hardly ever spoke to each other, having a brief whispered consultation about what YouTube might be.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Born to Endless Night

“Let's face it. My career is now professional vampire.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“and a rather controversial one for birth control that had nevertheless quickly become the most often used rune in the lexicon.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

Cassandra Clare

“[…] He tasted like snowflakes and wine, like winter and Will and London.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“First, the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order." -Jace Wayland”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Variant: It wouldn't be my move," Jace agreed. "First the candy and flowers, then the apology letters, then the ravenous demon hordes. In that order.
Source: City of Bones

“Give me the baby,” Maryse said jealously. “You’ve had him for four whole minutes, Clarissa.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Born to Endless Night

“I knew a girl, once, immortal like me-"

"And she was with someone mortal?" said Alec. "What happened?"

"He died," Magnus said. There was a finality to the way he said it that spoke of a deeper grief than words could paint.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“I would leave at once, but it would be cruel to abandon a lady in a foreign land with a maniac.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: What Really Happened in Peru

“No one told you to call your band Salacious Mold, my friend."
"We're Millennium Lint now," Simon protested”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“She could understand suddenly why people talked about passion as fire: She felt as if they had caught aflame and were burning like the dry Malibu hills, about to become ashes that would mix together forever.”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“What is one person's pleasure is another's poison….”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Alec said you do that," said Jace. "Deflect questions about yourself with jokes.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Heavenly Fire

Source: City of Heavenly Fire

“It doesn’t change what we are to each other. It’s like there’s always been a piece of my soul missing, and it’s inside you, Clary.”

Cassandra Clare

“True. I'd always hoped that when I finally said 'I love you' to a girl, she'd say 'I know' back, like Leia did to Han in Return of the Jedi.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Variant: I'd always hoped that when i said 'I Love You' to a girl, she'd say 'I Know' like Leia did to Han in Return Of The Jedi
Source: City of Bones

“He smiled at two people walking by: a tall, good-looking boy with a streak of white in his dark hair and a brunette girl whose eyes were shaded by sunglasses. They ignored him. But”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“… If you'd like to go back in there and try kicking him, I recommend aiming upward and a bit to the left”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“So I lied to you last night. I said that I just wanted one night with you. But I want every night with you.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Glass

Source: City of Glass

“I have been a friend to Shadowhunters. I know many of your families, going back for hundreds of years."
"There is nothing we can do to correct the questionable judgments of our ancestors," Lucian said.
Magnus hated this guy.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: The Last Stand of the New York Institute

“Time was something that moved in fits and starts for Magnus, dissipating like mist or dragging like chains, but when Alec was here, Magnus’s time seemed to fall into an easy rhythm with Alec’s, like two heartbeats falling into sync.”

Cassandra Clare The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“That’s why girls have boyfriends. So you have someone to take you to boring functions.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Fallen Angels

Source: City of Fallen Angels

“I was looking for Simon."
Jordan squinted at her. "It's two in the morning."
She shrugged. "He's a vampire."
"But I'm not.”

Cassandra Clare The City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“You cannot save every fallen bird," said Woolsey.
"One will do," said Magnus.”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“Vows of friendship and love are stronger”

Cassandra Clare book Lady Midnight

Source: Lady Midnight

“He thought of his remembrance of Jordan, thought of how it hurt to even look at Isabelle and Clary. Without memory, they were lost. And nobody wanted someone they loved to be lost.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy

“"A picnic? It's a little late for Central Park, don't you think? It's full of-"
He waved a hand. "Faeries. I know."
"I was going to say muggers," said Clary. "Though I pity the mugger who goes after you."”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Clary and Jace, pg. 307
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)

“Who said we were owed happiness?”

Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“You can see where it was, years ago. Like an old woman who was once beautiful, but time has taken her beauty away.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“Far below ran the silver ribbon of the East River, braceleted by shining bridges, flecked by boats as small as flyspecks, splitting the shining banks of light that were Manhattan and Brooklyn on either side.”

Cassandra Clare

“Simon’s love life was complicated, but there was a pang, just for a moment, for this woman talking graphic novels with him.
Ah, well. Tessa Gray, foxy nerd, was probably dating someone already.”

Cassandra Clare

Source: The Whitechapel Fiend

“He saved your life,” Clary pointed out.
“Details,” said Simon dismissively.”

Cassandra Clare book City of Bones

Source: City of Bones