Quotes from book

Clockwork Princess

“Wasn't it? Is loyalty still a commendable quality when it is misdirected?”

“Against his own will, almost, Will felt himself understanding; he would have done anything, he thought, told any lie, taken any risk, to make Tessa love him.”

“For this I would be damned forever. For this I would have given up everything.”

“Go in peace, James Carstairs.”

“And the answer is yes. I have loved you. I always have, and I always will.”

“And maybe you should stop pitying yourself,” he said. “Most people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two.”

“I love you so much, so incredibly much," he went on, "and I forget when you're close to me, I forget who you are. I forget that you're Jem's. I'd have to be the worst sort of person to think what I'm thinking right now. But I am thinking it.”

“Wo men shi jie bai xiong di-we are more than brothers, Will.”

“There must always be a first," said Jem. "It is not easy to be first, and it is not always rewarding, but it is important.”

“I know how you are with your words, and, Will- I love all of them. Every word you say. The silly ones, the mad ones, the beautiful ones, and the ones that are only for me. I love them, and I love you." - Tessa Gray”

“Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes.”

“You know,” Cecily said, “you really didn’t have to throw that man through the window.”

“He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.”

“We are responsible for protecting Tessa!”

“Their oldest child, James, had spoken laughingly about Will's unrelenting fear of ducks and his continual battle to keep them out of the pond at the family home in Yorkshire.”

“Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out.
No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want?”

“When I am in the darkness, I want to think of it in the light, with you. - James Carstairs”

“You kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning. The conflagration in his own veins, now, gave the answer.”

“I have come to understand something about novels," Tessa said.
"And what is that?"
"They are not true.”