Quotes from book
City of Ashes
City of Ashes is the second installment in The Mortal Instruments series, an urban fantasy series set in New York written by Cassandra Clare. The novel was one of YALSA's top ten teen books for 2009.
Variant: If you can't tell the truth to the people you care about the most, eventually you stop being able to tell the truth to yourself.
Source: City of Ashes
“I was alive when the Dead Sea was just a lake that was feeling a little poorly.”
Source: City of Ashes
“I've heard the word 'fear'. I simply choose to believe it doesn't apply to me.”
Source: City of Ashes
Clary and Jace, pg. 137
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Magnus to Maia, pg. 274
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
“I thought I'd lie on the floor and writhe in pain for awhile. It relaxes me.”
Jace to Alec, pg. 318
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Will that make you happy?"
Jace to Alec, pg. 10
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Simon and Jace. pg. 139
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
Jace to Alec, pg. 311
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
“I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.”
Simon to Clary, pg. 340
The Mortal Instruments, City of Bones (2007)
Variant: The nod means, 'I am a badass, and I recognize that you, too, are a badass.
Source: City of Ashes
Jace and Isabelle, pg. 155
Variant: "That does it, I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year."
"Why?"
"So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means."
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)
