Will Herondale Quotes

• Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Pages, Life Is

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

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• So you're a Shadowhunter,' Nate said. 'De Quincey told me that you lot were monsters.' 'Was that before or after he tried to eat you?' Will inquired.

  Cassandra Clare

  Monsters, Shadowhunters, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.336, Simon and Schuster

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• They’re not hideous,” said Tessa. Will blinked at her. “What?” “Gideon and Gabriel,” said Tessa. “They’re really quite good-looking, not hideous at all.” “I spoke,” said Will, in sepulchral tones, “of the pitch-black inner depths of their souls.” Tessa snorted. “And what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?” “Mauve,” said Will.

  Cassandra Clare

  Color, Soul, Black

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.541, 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 smiled the way Lucifer might have smiled, moments before he fell from Heaven.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heaven, Might, Way

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.746, 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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• I want you to be happy, and him to be happy. And yet when you walk that aisle to meet him and join yourselves forever you will walk an invisible path of the shards of my heart Tessa. I would give over my own life for either of yours.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Giving, Forever

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1106, Simon and Schuster

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• Dear me. Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.

  Cassandra Clare

  Morning, Digestion, Harsh

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• It's too late," she said. "Don't say that." His voice was half a whisper. "I love you, Tessa. I love you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love You, Voice, Too Late

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

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• Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be." He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

  Cassandra Clare

  May, Scandal, Sides

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• Ah,” said a voice from the doorway, “having your annual ‘everyone thinks Will is a lunatic’ meeting, are you? “It’s biannual,” said Jem. “And no, this is not that meeting.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Voice, Doorways

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

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• What's the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?

  Cassandra Clare

  Idiot, Annoying, Reasonable

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Prince”, p.33, Simon and Schuster

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• You are not the last dream of my soul. You are the first dream, the only dream I ever was unable to stop myself from dreaming. You are the first dream of my soul, and from that dream I hope will come all other dreams, a lifetime’s worth.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dream, Soul, Lasts

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.524, Simon and Schuster

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• Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?" "They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.

  Cassandra Clare

  Race, Ducks, Pie

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

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• Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.

  Cassandra Clare

  Done, Matter, Reason

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Clockwork Angel”, p.290, Simon and Schuster

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• We live and breathe words. It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved again. 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, Honest, Breathe

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

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• I told you before, Jem, that you would not leave me. And you are still with me. When I breathe, I will think of you, for without you I would have been dead years ago. When I wake up and when I sleep, when I lift up my hands to defend myself or when I lie down to die, you will be with me. You say we are born and born again. I say there is a river that divides the dead and the living. 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.

  Cassandra Clare

  Lying, Princess, Sleep

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• Our souls are knit. We are one person, James.

  Cassandra Clare

  Soul, Clockwork Prince, Persons

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.690, Simon and Schuster

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• Vampires bore a grudge longer than any technically living creatures, and whenever they were in a bad temper, they expressed themselves through murder.

  Cassandra Clare

  Vampire, Murder, Grudge

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “Vampires, Scones, and Edmund Herondale”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• The girl behind the scrawled letters. I loved you from the moment I read them. I love you still.” - Will Herondale

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Love You, Letters

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• You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage and you cannot let go or turn the course aside.” His blue eyes were dark with understanding — of course Will would understand.

  Cassandra Clare

  Letting Go, Reading, Book

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• Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Character, Want

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• There's plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Life, Wish, Looks

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

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• When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Want Something, Break

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.598, Simon and Schuster

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• Perhaps he's in love with Agatha," she said. "I hope not. I intend to marry Agatha myself. She may be a thousand years old, but she makes an incomparable jam tart. Beauty fades, but cooking is eternal.

  Cassandra Clare

  Years, Cooking, Jam

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.87, Simon and Schuster

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