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City of Bones

City of Bones
Cassandra Clare

City of Bones is the first urban fantasy book in author Cassandra Clare's New York Times bestselling series The Mortal Instruments. The novel is set in modern day New York City and has been released in several languages, including Bulgarian, Hebrew, Polish and Japanese.

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“He could smell her morality, the sweet rot of corruption”

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“I'm the one who's always been there for you… not him!”

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“I'm not sure you're quite sensible of the honor I'm doing you," Jace said. "you'll be the first mundane who has ever been inside the Institute.""Probably the smell keeps the rest of them away.”

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“One more thing," Jace said. "Is there a holy place around here?"
“Good idea. If you're going to take on a lair of vampires by yourself, you'd better pray first.”

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“She set you down on the floor and you started ranging around, picking things up, pulling my cats tail- you screamed like a banshee when the cat scratched you, so I asked your mother if youpart banshee. She didn't laugh."
-Magnus to Clary, pg.228-”

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“Demon hunting and fashion," Clary said. "I never would have thought they went together.”

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“Those girls on the other side of the car are staring at you."
"Of course they are," he said. "I am stunningly attractive.”

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“He understands why people hold hands: he’d always thought it was about possessiveness, saying. But it’s about maintaining contact. It is about speaking without words. It is aboutand.”

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“What are you?"
"Im a Shadowhunter…”

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“You're staring at me," Simon said. "Why are you staring at me? Have I got something on my face?”

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“You're not gay, are you?"
Simon's greenish color deepened. "If I were, I would dress better.”

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