# Quote — Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

> "I don't want to be a man. I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."

- Author: [Cassandra Clare](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare.md)
- Book: [City of Ashes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare/city-of-ashes.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cassandra_Clare#City_of_Ashes_(2008)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare/city-of-ashes/i-dont-want

## More from this book

> "I know you don't have to help us out-it's a favor-"
>
> "Stop. I don't do favors, Alec. I do things for you because-- well, why do you think I do them?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare/city-of-ashes/i-know-you.md)

> "How to Come Out to Your Parents," she read out loud. "LUKE. Don't be ridiculous. Simon's not gay, he's a vampire."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare/city-of-ashes/how-to-come.md)

> "Here, I'll practice on you. Mom. I have something to tell you. I'm undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I'm here to tell you that the undead are just like you and me. Well, okay. Possibly more like me than you."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/cassandra-clare/city-of-ashes/here-ill-practice.md)