Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince Quotes

They say time heals all wounds, but that presumes the source of the grief is finite

She had loved him for such a long time, she thought. How was it that she did now know him at all?

wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness

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.

She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one.

Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being.

Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.

I thought... that we could at least talk about books.

Being Jem, Tessa reflected, must be a great deal like being the owner of a thouroughbred dog that liked to bite your guests. You had to have a hand on his collar constantly.

...We die, we turn, we are reborn as we deserve to be reborn, based on our doings in this world." Will looked down at his bitten nails. "I will probably be reborn as a slug that someone salts.

I don’t think Will Herondale and a sense of responsibility are even on speaking terms

I would die for you. You know that. I would die without you. If it were not for you, I would be dead a hundred times over these past five years.

Is this one of those days where we all stalk out in fury? Because I simply haven't got the energy for it.

We live and breathe words.

You had to know a person well to make them laugh like that.

Must I go bound while you go freeMust I love a manwho doesn't love meMust I be born with so little artAs to love a man who'll break my Heart

I've never minded it, " he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be lost if one knew one's own heart. But I fear I may be lost without knowing yours.

But all these were things he could not want, because they were things he could not have, and wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness.

Even more blood welled up and spilled down his arm, splattering onto the ground.“Camille’s carpet, ” Magnus protested.“It’s blood, ” said Will. “She ought to be thrilled.

...khalepa ta kala...It means that that which is worth having--the good, fine, honorable, and noble things--are difficult to attain...It means something else as well...It means 'beauty is harsh'.

We who are immortal, we are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.

She was afraid of nothing and demanded everything.

It is always better to live the truth than to live a lie.

One cannot judge a man for the sins of his family.

You can not buy or drug or dream your way out of pain.

I can't - I'll chop off my own foot!" "If you're going to chop off anyone's foot, chop off Benedict's, " Will muttered.

And therefor, " said Magnus "We must go." Will blinked at him. "Go where?""Don't worry about that right now, my love."Will blinked again. "Pardon?

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

Dear God, woman, "said Will. "Are there any questions you don't want to know the answer to?

Lord, you're Irish, " said Will. "Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was a boy. Potato pie, potato custard, potatoes with potato sauce...

D'you think he would have thought ahead like that?" said Henry. "Assuredly, " said Will. "The man's a strategist." He tapped his temple. "Like me.

Caliph Vathek and his dark hordeAre bound for Hell, you won’t be bored!Your faith in me will be restored—Unless this token you find untowardAnd my poor gift you have ignored.

I swear that woman had a previous career as a death-hunter selling tragic ballads down around the Seven Dials, " said Will. "And I do wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we've eaten.

It will have to be Jem. He's impossible to hate. Even that devil cat likes him.

[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.

Could you really love two different people at once? Could you split your heart in half?

My darling, you are indisposed! You must remain abed for the next eight months. Little Buford - ""I am NOT naming our child Buford...

Tessa never could look at him without a tightening in her chest, a painful stutter of her heart.

Eggs, " said Henry dreamily, looking at his plate. "I do love eggs. I could eat them all day.

...wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness.

It was books that made me feel that perhaps I wasn't completely alone.

Because women never say what they think.

Will stared down at his hands. "My whole life wrecked, destroyed..." "You're seventeen, " Magnus said. "You can't have wrecked a life you've barely lived.

Beauty is harsh.