Quotes from book

Clockwork Angel

“Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them.”

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

“You behave as if everything is funny to you, but you never laugh. Sometimes you smile when you think no one is paying attention.”

“The best lies are based on the
truth, at least in part”

“Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun.”

“That though he is weak, he can still burn.”

“And I think that you do not understand that sometimes the only choice is between acceptance and madness.”

“I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness.” - Jem Carstairs”

“Am I blind?" Will's voice floated out of the darkness, tinged with annoyance. "I'm not going to be at all pleased if you've blinded me, Henry.”

“Mundanes who involve themselves in things they know nothing about are likely to meet unpleasant endings.”

“He loved her enough to know she was better off without him”

“How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing
at the radiance of the sun."
Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.”

“I've mastered many things in my life. Navigating the strets of London, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of flower arranging, lying at charades, concealing a highly intoxicated state, delighting young women with my charms…”

“Unless there was a reason for me to stay.”

“the less you had, the more careful you had to be about everything you did have.”

“I was looking for the opposite, really -something that might put an end to being in love”

“There was something peculiarly gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out.”

“Beauty fades, but cooking is eternal.”

“Dear me. Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.”