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Clockwork Princess

Clockwork Princess
Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Princess is a fantasy novel written by young adult author, Cassandra Clare. It is the third and final installment of The Infernal Devices trilogy, following the first book, Clockwork Angel, and the second book, Clockwork Prince. It is written in the third person through the perspective of the main protagonist, Tessa Gray, who resides in the Shadowhunter's London Institute. This final installment follows Tessa and her friends as they face off against the series main antagonist, The Magister , who plans to completely obliterate the Shadowhunter race.

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“I imagine that it will not be easy to persuade Mortmain into a bonnet," Magnus observed. "Though the color would be fetching on him."
Henry burst into laughter. "Very droll, Mr. Bane."
"Please, call me Magnus."
"I shall!”

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“I take your hand, brother, so that you may go in peace.”

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“Every heart has its own melody," he said. "You know mine.”

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“For a moment the garden, the noise, the stentch of blood and demon, vanished away, and he was alone in a soundless place with only Tessa. He wanted to run to her, wrap her in his arms. Protect her.

But it was Jem's place to do those things, not his.”

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“And the gold of her ruined wedding dress.”

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“We are not our parents, Gabriel. We do not have to carry the burden of their choices or their sins.”

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“Mr. Lightwood," she said, raising herself up on her elbows. "Are thoseunder your bed?”

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“If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were not bullets in the chambers?”

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“It is not easy to be different, and even less so to be unique. But I begin to think I was never meant for an easy road.”

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“By the Angel, it just crushed Sophocles," noted Will. "Has no one respect for the classics these days?”

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“Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?”

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“Not all that is mortal is useless.”

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“What I do know is that if we are born again, I will meet you in another life, and if there is a river, you will wait on the shores for me to come to you, so that we can cross together.”

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“I'm afraid to answer that. I've heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas.”

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“Will had shrugged once, helplessly. He had almost wished Jem would be angry with him. It would have been easier. He'd never felt so small within himself as he did when he faced Jem's expansive kindness.”

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“He played of love and loss and years of silence, words unsaid and vows unspoken, and all the spaces between his heart and theirs; and when he was done, and he'd set the violin back in its box, Will's eyes were closed, but Tessa's were full of tears.”

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“Tess?” A soft voice at the door; she looked up and saw Will there, silhouetted in the light from the corridor.”

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“I don't know how to live in the world as a Shadowhunter without Will. I don't think i even want to. I am still a parabatai, but my other half is gone.”

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“Would you?” said Gabriel to Will, hotly. “If it was your family?” His lip curled. “Never mind. It’s not as if you know the meaning of loyalty —”
“Gabriel.” Gideon’s voice was a reprimand to his brother. “Do not speak to Will in that manner.”

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