Jem Quotes - Page 4

• She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of her. That she was worth nothing. And still a look from him could make her tremble with mingled hatred and longing. It was like poison in her blood, to which Jem was the only antidote.

  Cassandra Clare

  Blood, Hatred, Poison

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• Jem is my greatest sin.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sin, Will Herondale

  Twitter post from Oct 3, 2016

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• I don't know how I could sleep at night, not knowing I was surrounded by a thousand other sleeping, dreaming souls. - pg 120, Jem to Tessa & Will

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  Dream, Sleep, Night

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• Astriola. That IS demon pox. You had evidence that demon pox existed and you didnt mention it to me! Et tu, Brute!' He rolled up the paper and hit Jem over the head with it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Paper, Pox, Demon

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.441, Simon and Schuster

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• Jessamine flushed. "Ugh! Charlotte, Will's being vexing." "And the sun has come up in the east," said Jem to no one in particular. ... "And the sun comes up in the WEST," said Will, who had apparently heard Jem's earlier comment.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sun, East, Ugh

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• He began it,” Cecily said, jerking her chin at Will, though she knew it was pointless. Jem, Will’s parabatai, treated her with the distant sweet kindness reserved for the little sisters of one’s friends, but he would always side with Will. Kindly, but firmly, he put Will above everything else in the world. Well, nearly everything.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sweet, Kindness, Little Sister

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• Who am I?” he whispered. “For years I pretended I was other than I was, and then I gloried that I might return to the truth of myself, only to find there is no truth to return to. I was an ordinary child, and then I was a not very good man, and now I do not know how to be either of those things any longer. I do not know what I am, and when Jem is gone, there will be no one to show me.

  Cassandra Clare

  Children, Men, Years

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.121, Simon and Schuster

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• Jem drew back from her, looking dazed. "By the Angel," he said. "Perhaps we do need a chaperon.

  Cassandra Clare

  Angel, Needs, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.344, Simon and Schuster

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• Yes, she doesn't really look like either of us, does she? Perhaps she's a girl who's fallen madly in love with me and persists in following me wherever I go." "My talent is shape-shifting, Will, not acting," said Tessa, and at that Jem laughed out loud.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Acting, Doe

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

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• He touched her as he usually touched his beloved violin, with a soft and urgent grace that left her breathless.

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  Grace, Violin, Beloved

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.650, Simon and Schuster

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• I would have thought even a certified idiot like Gabriel here would have taken account of it and notified someone." "Notified who?" asked Jem, not unreasonably. He had moved closer to Tessa as the conversation had continued. As they stood side by side, the backs of their hands brushed. "The Clave. The postman. Us. Anyone," said Will, shooting an irritated look at Gabriel, who was starting to get some color back and looked furious. "I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

  Cassandra Clare

  Taken, Hands, Color

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• [Jem] looked from Will to Tessa and raised his silvery eyebrows. "A miracle," he said. "You got him to speak." "Just to shout at me, really," said Tessa. "Not quite loaves and fishes.

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  Eyebrows, Miracle, Speak

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.584, Simon and Schuster

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• I like that stick of yours," he said. "It's a staff." Jem swung out to knock another automaton sideways. "Made by the Iron Sisters, only for Silent Brothers." [...] "Anyone can sharpen a stick." "It's a staff," Jem repeated, and saw Will's quicksilver smile out of the corner of his eye.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Eye, Iron

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.446, Simon and Schuster

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• Charlotte, Will’s being vexing.' 'And the sun has come up in the east,' said Jem, to no one in particular.

  Cassandra Clare

  East, Sun, Come Up

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.490, Simon and Schuster

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• Jem cried out with all his remaining strength. You cannot go where I am going! Nor would I want that for you!

  Cassandra Clare

  Princess, Want, Clockwork

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1149, Simon and Schuster

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• That Jem makes beautiful things and I destroy them. That it really ought to be me dying and not him. I mean, what's the point of living if you can't even enjoy it? Yet Jem enjoys all the life he's got. It's not fair.

  Cassandra Clare

  Beautiful, Mean, Dying

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• Jem leaned closer against the chair, staring into the fire. “Better it were my hands,” he said. Will shook his head. Exhaustion was muting the edges of everything in the room, blurring the flocked wallpaper into a single mass of dark color. “No. Not your hands. You need your hands for the violin. What do I need mine for?

  Cassandra Clare

  Dark, Fire, Hands

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• Tessa was only half way down the corridor when they caught up to her -Will and Jem, walking on either side of her. "you didn't really think we weren't going to come along, did you?" Will asked, raising his hand and letting his witchlight fare up between his fingers, lighting the corridor to daylight brightness. Charlotte, hurrying along ahead of them, turned and frowned, but said nothing. "I know you can't leave anything well alone," Tessa replied, looking straight ahead. "But I though better of Jem." "Where Will goes, I go," Jem said good-naturedly. "And besides, I'm as curious as he is.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Hands, Half

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• Will: 'Singing the praises of our fair city? We treat you well here, don't we, James? I doubt I'd have that kind of luck in Shanghai. What do you call us there again?' Jem: 'Yang guizi ... foreign devils.

  Cassandra Clare

  Cities, Doubt, Luck

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• Jem--Jem is all the better part of myself. I would not expect you to understand. I owe him this." "Then what am I?" Cecily asked. Will exhaled, too exasperated to check himself. "You are my weakness." "And Tessa is your heart," she said, not angrily, but thoughtfully. "Not a fool, as I told you," she added at his startled expression. I know that you love her.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Expression, Weakness

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1006, Simon and Schuster

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• Indeed." Will let his cutlery clatter onto his plate. "The Consul? Breaking up our breakfast time? Whatever next? The Inquisitor over for tea? Picnics with the Silent Brothers?" "Duck pies in the park," said Jem under his breath, and he and Will smiled at each other, just a flash, before the door opened and the Consul swept it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Ducks, Pie

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• For five years it had been his absolute truth. Jem and Will. Will and Jem. Will Herondale lives, therefore Jem Carstairs lives also.

  Cassandra Clare

  Princess, Years, Absolute Truth

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.313, Simon and Schuster

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• You are home for me now." --Jem to Tessa

  Cassandra Clare

  Home, Jem Carstairs

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• Jem, Cecily thought, with a pang in her heart. Her brother had always looked to him as a kind of North Star, a compass that would ever point him toward the right decision. She had never quite thought of her brother as lucky before, and certainly would not have expected to do so today, and yet-and yet in a way he had been. To always have someone to turn to like that, and not to worry constantly that one was looking to the wrong stars.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Stars, Heart

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• I am sorry," Will said. "No," Jem said... "Don't be ordinary like that. Don't say you're sorry.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sorry, Ordinary, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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