Cassandra Clare Quotes - Page 33

• [...] "I recall what you said to me once," Will went on. "That words have the power to change us. Your words have changed me, Tess; they have made me a better man than I would have been otherwise. Life is a book, and there are a thousand pages I have not read. I would read them together with you, as many as I can, before I die -

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Men, Together

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.539, Simon and Schuster

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• [...] He tasted like snowflakes and wine, like winter and Will and London.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wine, Winter, London

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.540, Simon and Schuster

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• And maybe I am a monster. I don't know the answer to that. But what I do know is that even if there's demon blood inside me, there is human blood inside me as well. And I couldn't love you like I do if I weren't at least a little bit human. Because demons want. But they don't love.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love You, Blood, Monsters

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1186, Simon and Schuster

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• You cannot save every fallen bird," said Woosley, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms. "Even the handsome ones." "One will do," said Magnus, and, as Will was no longer within his sight, he let the front door fall shut.

  Cassandra Clare

  Wall, Fall, Sight

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• Sometimes the newly Marked go into shock. The good news is, if this happens to you, you are unlikely to notice, because you will be in shock.

  Cassandra Clare

  News, Sometimes, Unlikely

  Cassandra Clare, Joshua Lewis (2013). “The Shadowhunter's Codex”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

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• I need some beef and broccoli before I face any more Mr. Darcy. It's a truth universally acknowledged that if you watch too much television on am empty stomach, your head falls off." "If your head fall off, " Tessa said, "the hairdressing industry would go into an economic meltdown

  Cassandra Clare

  Fall, Watches, Beef

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.431, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't remember ordering the bride of an evil maniac," said Magnus. "It was definitely beef and broccoli. What about you, Tessa? Did you order the bride of an evil maniac?

  Cassandra Clare

  Order, Evil, Beef

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2015). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.432, Simon and Schuster

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• The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.

  Cassandra Clare

  Father, Names, Way

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• A parabatai. Like he was. And Jace knew, too, what that faded rune meant: a parabatai whose other half was dead. He felt his sympathy leap toward Brother Zachariah, as he imagined himself without Alec, with only that faded rune to remind him where once he had been bonded to someone who knew all the best and worst parts of his soul.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Soul, Half

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.232, Simon and Schuster

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• Clary: "Aren't they supposed to be hiring someone else to train me full-time anyway?"

  Cassandra Clare

  Time, Fallen Angels, Hiring

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1350, Simon and Schuster

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• Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.

  Cassandra Clare

  Real, Writing, Character

  Interview with Cheryl Brody, www.seventeen.com. March 5, 2008.

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• We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt-I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted-and then I realized that truly I just wanted you

  Cassandra Clare

  Love, Dream, Lonely

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• So I lied to you last night. I said I just wanted one night with you. But I want every night with you. And that's why I have to slip out of your window now, like a coward. Because if I had to tell you this yo your face, I couldn't make myself go.

  Cassandra Clare

  Night, Romance, Coward

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• You know men. We have delicate egos.

  Cassandra Clare

  Self Esteem, Men, Ego

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.505, Simon and Schuster

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• Heroes aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.

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  Giving Up, Hero, Don't Give Up

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• One must always be careful of books.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Infernal Devices, Shadowhunters

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Hero, Shoes

  Interview with Cheryl Brody, www.seventeen.com. March 5, 2008.

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• We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

  Cassandra Clare

  Hope, Memories, Loss

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.724, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not a man. I have no male pride for you to trick me with, and I am not interested in single combat. That is entirely a weakness of your sex, not mine. I am a woman. I will use any weapon and all weapons to get what I want.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sex, Pride, Men

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• You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

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  Book, Writing, Want

  Interview with Cheryl Brody, www.seventeen.com. March 05, 2008.

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• My Romanian is pretty much limited to useful phrases like, 'Are these snakes poisonous?' and 'But you look much too young to be a police officer.

  Cassandra Clare

  Snakes, Police, Looks

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.930, Simon and Schuster

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• I hate ducks. Don't know why. I just always have.

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  Hate, Ducks, Lost Souls

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

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• It is a far greater thing that I do now, than I've ever done before.

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  Inspiring, Done, Greater Things

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• Books will always be there for you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book

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• "You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me." "I was ninety percent sure." "I see," Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put his hands on his cheek, more in surprise than pain. "What the hell was that for?" "The other ten percent."

  Cassandra Clare

  Pain, Humor, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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