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City of Glass

City of Glass

Cassandra Clare

City of Glass is the third book in the urban fantasy series The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. In 2009, Walker Books published the third book of the series worldwide. It is a journey that explores Simon's and Clary's experience in the Shadowhunter city, and Clary works on saving her mother, as they travel from New York institute to Alicante, Idris.

“It's because you're too scared to tell anyone who you really love. Love makes us liars.”

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“Oh, come on," Clary said. "You're a vampire, not Spider-Man.”

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“If it's the lack of forbidden you're worried about. You could still forbid me to do things."
"What kind of things?"
She felt him smile against her mouth. "Things like this.”

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“But God knows, I don't want anyone but you. I don't even want to want anyone but you.”

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“I love you, Clary wanted to say. And, I would do it again. I would always ask for you.”

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“I'm not an angel, Jace," she repeated. "I don't return library books. I steal illegal music off the internet. I lie to my mom. I am.”

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“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.”

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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.
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“She gritted her teeth. She was here with Sebastian, on her way to see a powerful warlock, and mentally she was maundering on about the way Jace smelled.”

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“Appearances are significant, and never more than in politics. You can always sway the crowd, provided you have a good story.”

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“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”

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“So, technically," Simon said, "even though Jace isn't actually related to you, you have kissed your brother.”

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“I knew then that Jocelyn would never come back to me, because of you. You are the only thing in the world she ever loved more than she loved me. And because of that she hates me. And because of that, I hate the sight of you”

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“I think I gave Alec a complex about what kind of fighter he was, just because he wanted to live.”

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“I hate that stuff. It tastes like feet."
At that he smiled. "How would you know what feet taste like?"
"I just know.”

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“I'm not going to do that."
"of course you're not." Jace said. "because you live to torture me, don't you?"
"Not everything, Jace, is about you." Clary said furiously.
"Possibly," Jace said "But you have to admit that the majority of the things are.”

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“I never said that. I just didn't correct you when you were, you know, wrong. Anyway, I just saved you from being burned to death, so I figure you're not allowed to be mad." -Jace”

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“If I’d just listened—just taken one second to listen—it wouldn’t have happened”

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“Whatever the Clave was discussing, the Council meeting was dragging on brutally late. “But he knows New York. He doesn’t know Alicante—”

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“Maybe that was why she couldn't cry, she realized, staring dry-eyed at the ceiling. Because what was the point in crying when there was no one there to comfort you? And what was worse, when you couldn't even comfort yourself?”

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“Some Laws were meant to be broken.”

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