James Carstairs Quotes

• Do you remember when we stood together on Blackfriars Bridge?” he asked softly, and his eyes were like that night had been, all black and silver. “Of course I remember.” “It was the moment I first knew I loved you,” Jem said. “I will make you a promise. Every year, Tessa, on one day, I will meet you on that bridge. I will come from the Silent City and I will meet you, and we will be together, if only for an hour. But you must tell no one.

  Cassandra Clare

  Princess, Eye, Night

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.499, Simon and Schuster

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• I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain

  Cassandra Clare

  Short Life, Heart, Ideas

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.430, Simon and Schuster

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• Every heart has its own melody.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Melody

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you," he went on. "I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope that you will not care that I am being selfish in trying to make the rest of my life--whatever its length--happy, by spending it with you. I want to be married to you, Tessa. I want it more than I have ever wanted anything else in my life.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love, Selfish, Short Life

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• If there is a life after this one, he said, let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.

  Cassandra Clare

  Princess, Said, Let Me

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1151, Simon and Schuster

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• You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

  Cassandra Clare

  Life, Goodbye, Unbearable

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.237, Simon and Schuster

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• It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Love At First Sight, Honest

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.468, Simon and Schuster

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• Will has always been the brighter burning star, the one to catch attention — but Jem is a steady flame, unwavering and honest. He could make you happy.

  Cassandra Clare

  Stars, Flames, Attention

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.790, Simon and Schuster

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• Your place is with me. It always will be. -Jem Carstairs

  Cassandra Clare

  Jem, Jem Carstairs

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• 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.

  Cassandra Clare

  Princess, Love You, Thinking

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

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Light, Darkness

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• Every heart has its own melody," he said. "You know mine. - James Carstairs

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Said, Melody

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• Go in peace, James Carstairs.

  Cassandra Clare

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.507, Simon and Schuster

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• Rage flared up in Tessa and she considered belting Woolsey with the poker whether he came near her or not. He had moved awfully quickly while fighting Will, though, and she didn’t fancy her chances. “You don’t know James Carstairs. Don’t speak about him.” “Love him, do you?” Woolsey managed to make it sound unpleasant. “But you love Will, too.” Tessa froze. She had known that Magnus knew of Will’s affection for her, but the idea that what she felt for him in return was written across her face was too terrifying to contemplate.

  Cassandra Clare

  Fighting, Ideas, Sound

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• I know," he said, looking down at himself self-consciously. "I am not-I mean, I look-" "Beautiful," she said, and she meant it. "You look beautiful, James Carstairs.

  Cassandra Clare

  Beautiful, Mean, Self

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

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• That sounds almost practiced, James Carstairs. How many girls have you made swoon with that observation?" "There is only one girl I care to make swoon," he said. "The question is, does she?" She smiled at him. "She does.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Sound, Doe

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.779, Simon and Schuster

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• Dreams can be dangerous things.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dream, Dangerous, Dangerous Things

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.105, Simon and Schuster

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