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City of Ashes

Name: City of Ashes
Author: Cassandra Clare

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.

“Why, oh why, had Jace picked a fight with a pack of wolves? What had possessed him? Then again, it was Jace. He'd pick a fight with a Mack truck if the urge took him.
-Clary, pg.40”

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“Magnus wants to shout at me, don’t you, Magnus?” (Jace)
“Yes,” Magnus said, tearing his eyes away from Alec long enough to scowl.
-pg.275-”

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“Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house.”

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Simon to Clary, pg. 151
Variant: Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house.
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

“Well, I hate to tell you this," she said, "but your friend is an asshole."
"He's not my friend," said Simon. "And I couldn't agree with you more, actually."
-Maia & Simon about Jace, pg.49-”

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“However, there is something you should have. Something every Shadowhunter should have."
"An obnoxious, arrogant attitude?”

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Luke and Simon, pg. 71
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)

“Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice.”

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“I love you; I love you and I don’t care that you’re my sister; don’t be with him, don’t want him, don’t go with him. Be with me. Want me. Stay with me.
I don’t know how to be without you.”

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“You live in my head all the time." (Clary Fray)”

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“At the time I thought what I had with you and your mother was better than nothing. But 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.”

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“Desire is not always lessened by disgust. Nor can it be bestowed, like a favor, to those most deserving of it. And as my words bind my magic, so you can know the truth. If she doesn’t desire his kiss, she won’t be free.”

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“Everything changes in my life, and the world stays the same.”

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“Look on the bright side," said Simon. "If they need a human sacrifice, you can always offer me. I'm not sure the rest of you qualify anyway."
Jace brightened. "It's always nice when someone volunteers to be the first up against the wall.”

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“Take my hands,” Alec said. “And take my strength too. Whatever of it you can use to— to keep yourself going.”

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“Told you what?” Alec’s hand slid up Jace’s arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Alec dropped his hand, red-faced, while Simon grinned into his undrunk coffee.
-pg.139”

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Variant: Alec slid his hand from Jace's arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Alec dropped his hand. Simon grinned into his undrunk coffee.
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“Everyone has choices to make; no one has the right to take those choices away from us. Not even out of love..”

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“Pain is only what you allow it to be”

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“He'd felt like a jack-o-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a heap while a grinning smile stayed plastered on his face.”

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“I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt.”

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Isabelle to Alec, pg. 10
Source: The Mortal Instruments, City of Ashes (2008)