Cassandra Clare Quotes

Tessa put a hand against the wall as she made her way numbly down the stairs. What had she almost done? What had she nearly told Will?

You can't raise a child to believe the opposite of what you do.

To destroy the enemy it can be necessary to understand him.

Pain made you strong. Loss made you powerful.

Of course I can see you. I'm not blind, you know. Oh, but you are. You just don't know it.

You can't just go around killing people. You're right. You can't go around killing people.

A patient, methodical sort of madman. The worst kind.

For free will is what makes us Heaven's creatures.

Will looked as if he were being asked to believe in something impossible—snow in summertime, a London winter without rain.

He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.

... love given without free will or truthfulness wasn't love at all.

Most people don't cry when they're upset or frightened, but rather when they're frustrated. Your frustration is understandable. You've been through a most trying time." -Hodge

I have a suggestion," said Valentine to Luke, in a surprisingly even tone. "Let me guess," said Luke. "It's 'Don't kill me,' isn't it?

Well, why did you kill Jeremiah? And don't bother feeding me some story about how you just happened to wander along after he spontaneously died. I know you did this.

It's very advanced of you to have accepted my mortality so fatalistically.

Grief makes you feel alone, but you're not. I know you don't believe in-in religion-the same way I do, but you can believe you're surrounded by people who love you, can't you?

He saved your life,” Clary pointed out. “Details,” said Simon dismissively.

As dull as Nate Gray is," Will said, "his head is not actually filled with gears, Henry. He's a human.

Aren't you, uh..." Clary searched for the right word. "Reproducing?

He understands now why kisses in movies are filmed the way they are, with the camera endlessly circling, circling: the ground is unsteady under his.

There is more to someone being lovable than the way they look.

Some people value sentiments over diamonds.

Simon grinned. "You've never heard of Dungeons and Dragons?" "I've heard of dungeons," Jace said. "Also dragons. Although they're mostly extinct.

So much saintlike patience cannot be good for anyone.

You cannot buy or drug or dream your way out of pain.

Will you do me the honor of being my wife?

Will smirked, clearly pleased at the effect he was having. "I've no idea. I lost consciousness about then. I was having a lovely dream about a young woman who had mislaid all her clothes.

You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently.

What are you thinking?" "Just how different everything down there is now, you know, now that I can see." "Everything down there is exactly the same," he said. "You're the one that's different.

Clary found herself wondering if the forsaken were edible.

She gritted her teeth. She was here with Sebastian, on her way to see a powerful warlock, and mentally she was maundering on about the way Jace smelled.

Don't you hate it? Not ever saying how you really feel?

Scott noticed Will staring at it and grinned. "Like what you see?" Woolsey Scott asked. "I do enjoy these surprise midnight declarations. Go along, have at it.

Magnus reached out to touch Alec, but Alec moved away. Magnus' hand fall to himself.

Alec slid his hand from Jace's arm to his shoulder. Magnus cleared his throat. Alec dropped his hand. Simon grinned into his undrunk coffee.

Who said we were owed happiness?

That’s why girls have boyfriends. So you have someone to take you to boring functions.

You can’t just keep grabbing at me every time you see me. It’s not a substitute for actually talking.

Tess?” A soft voice at the door; she looked up and saw Will there, silhouetted in the light from the corridor.

But I think it has to do with what you believe about yourself. If you believe you're damned, then you are. But if you don't...

You're gorgeous," she said. Her hands slid around to flatten themselves against his chest. "You know that right?" "And I just don't care," she says "Isabelle, I don't think-Wait, What?

i would say it was nice to meet you, but the fact is it wasnt. in fact, it was quite awkward.

Were you thinking about eating me?” Will inquired. “No!” “No one would blame you,” said Jem. “He’s very annoying.

Tessa knows Will,” protested Charlotte. “She trusts Will.” “Iwouldn’t go that far,” muttered Tessa.

You are Spider-Man!" she exclaimed. Simon glanced down from his perch halfway up the pillar. "That makes you Mary Jane. She has red hair.

You think she is pretty?' Will was surprised; Jem rarely opined this sort of thing. 'Yes, and you do too.' 'I hadn't noticed, really.' 'Yes, you have, and I've noticed you noticing.

The destruction of all Shadowhunters' said Scott. 'I rather thought you knew that. It isn't a gardening club.

If there was an arrow speeding toward Will, I would be bound by oath to step in front of it.' 'Handy, that,' said Will.

Then I'll come,' said Tessa, 'I've never been on a train.' Will threw up his hands. 'That's it? You're coming because you've never been on a train before?' 'Yes.

We don't require luck," said Will, "we have a heavenly mandate, after all. With God on your side, what does luck matter?