City of Heavenly Fire

Quotes

1. "'You know,' Maia said. 'Catarina said you were pretty harmless--'

   Malcolm looked pleased. 'Catarina said I was pretty?'"

2. 

   "Jace shook his head. 'I don't care if I did just set myself on fire,' he said. 'I'm not hugging you.'

   Simon sighed and dropped his arms. 'Your loss,' he said. 'If you'd gone in, I would've let you, but honestly it would have been a pity hug.'"

3. 

   "Is our strategy when we actually see him still 'trust me,' by the way?"

   "It's still 'trust me.'"

   "Oh, good. For a second there I was worried there was going to be an actual plan with, like, steps we could follow. You know, something reassuring."

4. 

   "I remember you said this war was a story of Lightwoods and Herondales and Fairchilds, and it is, and Blackthorns and Carstairs as well, and it's amazing to see them. But when I do, it's as if I see the past that stretches out behind them. I watch Jace Herondale play, and I see the ghosts that rise up in the music. Don't you?"

5. 

   "Brother Zachariah. Months January through December of the Hot Silent Brothers Calendar."

6. 

   "'How do you people stand snow?' he demanded.

   "'You people'?" Bat bristled. 'Do you mean werewolves?'

   'I mean East Coasters,' said Malcolm. 'Who would have weather if they could avoid it? Snow, hail, rain. I'd move to Los Angeles in a jiffy. Did you know that a jiffy is an actual measurement of time? It's a sixtieth of a second. You can't do anything in a jiffy, not really.'"

7. 

   "'Who's there?' he called, then frowned. 'Of course,' he added, addressing the darkness all around, 'even I, as a Shadowhunter, have seen enough movies to know that anyone who yells 'Who's there?' is going to be instantly killed.'"

8. 

   "Simon was looking at Jace as if he were both fascinating and also a little alarming. 'Did I-- did we ever-- did I bite you?'

   Jace touched the scar on his throat. 'I can't believe you remember that.'

   'Did we... roll around on the bottom of a boat?'

   'Yes, you bit me, yes, I kind of liked it, yes, let's not talk about it again,' said Jace."

9. 

   "Why didn't you say something?"

   "Because, it's not like there's animals I can feed on here."

   "There's us."

   "I don't want to feed on my friends' blood."

   "Why not? We've been here before, haven't we? Last time you were starving, I gave you my blood. It was a little homoerotic, maybe, but I'm secure in my sexuality."

10. 

    "Has anyone seen Church? I think Zachariah just stole our cat. I swear I saw him putting Church in the backseat of a car."

11. 

    "Are we long-lost friends, by chance?"

    "No, we never got along all that well. Long-lost acquaintances? Compadres? My cat liked you."

12. 

    "I feel a kinship with you, too, you who have lost both brother and father. I know you have been judged and spoken of as the daughter of Valentine Morgenstern, and now the sister of Jonathan. There will always be those who want to tell you who you are based on your name or the blood in your veins. Do not let people decide who you are. Decide for yourself. That freedom is not a gift; it is a birthright. I hope that you and Jace will use it."

13. 

    "Why are you filming this?"

    "When the cat is away, the mice will play... Always good to remind the mice that in this case, when the cat is away, the mice will all be eaten by demons. I'm going to send this video file to everyone one of our Downworlder contacts around the world. Just a reminder that there are demons we need Shadowhunters to destroy. That's why they exist."

14. 

    "Straight people. Why can't they control themselves?"

15. 

    "Maybe you should try looking a little less smug about what you did last night."

    "I do not look smug. Well, no more than usual."

    "Please, I can read your face like a very open, very pornographic book. I wish I couldn't."

16. 

    "Heroes aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes."

17. 

    "He said the Brothers owed the Herondales because of old ties. If he dies, it will be--"

    "--No one's fault. I remember when he put the protection spell on you. I told him I never wanted you to have anything to do with the Shadowhunters. He said it might not be my choice. He said that the pull of the Shadowhunters is like a riptide-- and he was right. I thought we had fought free, but here we are, back in Alicante, back in a war, and there sits my daughter with blood on her face and a Morgenstern blade in her hands."

18. 

    "'We don't have a mouse problem,' said Maia. 'We have a megalomaniac problem.' She looked at Catarina. 'Sebastian's determined to drive wedges between Downworlders and Shadowhunters. Kidnapping the representatives, attacking the Praetor, he won't stop there. All of Downworld will know soon enough what's going on. The question is, where will they stand?'

    'We will stand bravely with you!' Malcolm announced. Catarina looked darkly at him, and he quailed. 'Well, we will stand bravely near you. Or at least within earshot.'"

19. 

    "I have to buy Hanukkah presents. It's mandated by Jewish law. The God of the Jews is an angry God. And very gift-oriented."

20. 

    "But the Silent Brothers have tried everything to separate Jace from the heavenly fire, and they can't do it. It's in his soul. So what's their plan, hitting Sebastian over the head with Jace until he passes out?"

    "Brother Zachariah said pretty much the same thing. Maybe with less sarcasm."

21. 

    "I just... I don't know how I got here."

    "I could probably retrace our steps. Straight through the faerie corridor, left at the decimated village, right at the blasted plain of the damned, sharp U-turn at the heap of dead demon--"

22. 

    "I want to be mad at you."

    "Oh? What for?"

    "Risking your life. Except you didn't, really. You were just standing there and the demon grabbed you. Admittedly, you were being obnoxious to Simon."

    "If a demon grabbed me every time I was obnoxious to Simon, I'd have died the day you met me."

23. 

    "I'm a warrior. I was brought up as a warrior. I didn't have toys, I had weapons. I slept with a wooden sword until I was five. My first books were medieval demonologies with illuminated pages. The first songs I learned were chants to banish demons. I know what brings me peace, and it isn't sandy beaches or chirping birds in rain forests. I want a weapon in my hand and a strategy to win."

    "So you're saying what brings you peace is war."

    "Now you get it."

24. 

    "'There,' he said, pointing to the leafy tunnel. 'That goes farther into Faerie. And that'--he pointed ahead--'is the road to Hell. That's where we're going.'

    'I always heard it was paved with good intentions,' said Simon.

    'Place your feet upon the way and find out, Daylighter,' said the Queen."

25. 

    "I know Shadowhunters. I have for a long time. You are odd creatures. All fragile nobility and humanity on one side, and all the thoughtless fire of angels on the other. You especially, Herondale, for you have the fire of angels in your blood."

26. 

    "I'm sorry. It's just-- you know me. I only have two reactions to bad news. Uncontrollable rage and then a sharp left turn into boiling self-hatred."

27. 

    "We work through this together, remember? No shutting me out. No epic sulks."

    "I was figuring I could sulk for Idris in the next Olympics."

    "You and Alec could go for pair sulking. You'd get the gold."

28. 

    "Jace Herondale. Once more a Herondale is the bringer of my deliverance. I should have anticipated."

29. 

    "Whatever it is, don't do it! It's a bad idea."

    "And why would you say that?"

    "Because they're the only kind you have. I have known you a long time, and I am absolutely certain on the subject. If you are planning to become a pirate again, it's a bad idea."

    "I don't repeat my mistakes."

    "You're right. you make all new and even worse mistakes. Don't do it, whatever it is. Don't lead a werewolf uprising, don't do anything that might accidentally contribute to the apocalypse, and don't start your own line of glitter and try to sell it at Sephora."

    "That last idea has real merit."

30. 

    "If you flinch from it, you give it power over you. Take it, and cut your brother's throat with it, and take back the honor of your blood."

31. 

    "Sometimes it comes down to a choice. Between saving one person and saving the whole world. I've seen it happen, and I'm selfish enough to want the person who loves me to choose me. But Nephilim will always choose the world. I look at Alec and I feel like Lucifer in Paradise Lost. "Abashed the Devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is." He meant it in the classic sense. 'Awful' as in inspiring awe. And awe is well and good, but it's poison to love. Love has to be between equals."

32. 

    "'Help? Of course we can help,' Malcolm said, turning around to face them. 'You need to get a message through? There's always carrier kittens.'

    'You mean pigeons,' said Bat. 'Carrier pigeons.'

    Malcolm shook his head. 'Carrier kittens. They're so cute, no one can deny them. Fix your mouse problem, too.'"

33. 

    "Weapons, when they break and are mended, can be stronger at the mended places. Perhaps hearts are the same."

34. 

    "Defining relationships over here? I see that even as the world plunges into darkness and peril, you two stand around discussing your love lives. Teenagers."

35. 

    "You don't all have to look so worried. I was doing fine."

    "Fine? If your definition of 'fine' suddenly includes becoming a snack for a flying death turtle, then we are going to have words, Jace Lightwood--"

36. 

    "I want to see Brother Zachariah."

    "He is well. You need not worry yourself about him."

    "I want to see him. I nearly killed him at the Citadel--"

    "That was not you. That was the heavenly fire. And it did anything but harm him."

    "He said when I met him that he believes a debt is owed to the Herondales. I'm a Herondale. He'd want to see me."

    "And then you intend to depart the Basilias?"

    "There is nothing wrong with me. I don't need to be in the infirmary. Surely you could be using your resources more fruitfully on the actually wounded. Look, you can either bring me to Brother Zachariah or I can wander around yelling for him until he turns up."

    "You are a great deal of trouble, Jace Herondale."

    "So I've been told."

37. 

    "Shadowhunters. They get in your blood, under your skin. I've been with vampires, werewolves, faeries, warlocks like me-- and humans, so many fragile humans. But I always told myself I wouldn't give my heart to a Shadowhunter. I've so nearly loved them, been charmed by them-- generations of them, sometimes: Edmund and Will and James and Lucie... the ones I saved and the ones I couldn't. And Clary, too, I loved, for I watched her grow up. But I've never been in love with a Shadowhunter, not until Alec. For they have the blood of angels in them, and the love of angels is a high and holy thing."

38. 

    "Warlocks are independent. And hard to get hold of. Like cats, but with fewer tails. Well, there are some tails. I don't have one myself--"

39. 

    "Above her another window opened, and Alec leaned out. 'What's going on?' His gaze landed on Clary and the others, his eyebrows drawing together in confusion. 'What is this? Early caroling?'

    'I don't carol,' said Simon. 'I'm Jewish. I only know the dreidel song.'"

40. 

    "Well, what kind of thing does make you feel calm and peaceful?"

    "Killing demons. A good clean kill is very relaxing. The messy ones are more annoying, because you have to clean up afterward--"

    "No. No killing. We're trying to make you feel peaceful. Blood, killing, war, those are all non-peaceful things. Isn't there anything else you like?"

    "Weapons. I like weapons."

    "I'm starting to think we have a problematic issue of personal philosophy here."

41. 

    "Herondales. I had almost forgotten. No other family does so much for love, or feels so much guilt for it. Don't carry the weight of the world on you, Jace. It's too heavy for even a Herondale to bear."

42. 

    "The first time you saw me, I bet you didn't think, He's going to get me killed."

    "The first time I saw you, I wished you'd go back to Idris. You know I don't like change."

    "I grew on you, though."

    "Eventually. Like a moss, or a skin disease."

43. 

    "Clary looked down at herself. She was wearing a pair of flannel pajamas, too short in the leg and tight in the chest, with fire trucks on them.

    Luke raised an eyebrow. 'I think those were mine when I was a kid.'

    'You can't seriously tell me there wasn't anything else you could have put me in.'

    'If you insist on trying to get yourself killed, I insist on being the one who chooses what you wear while you recover,' Jocelyn said with a tiny smirk.

    'The pajamas of vengeance,' Clary muttered."

44. 

    "Everyone should die with someone holding onto them."

45. 

    "I always thought being a Shadowhunter meant that I had to approve of what the Clave did. I thought otherwise I wasn't loyal. I made excuses for them. I always have. But I feel like whenever we have to fight, we're fighting a war on two fronts. We fight the enemy and we fight the Clave, too. I don't--I just don't know how I feel anymore."

46. 

    "'I did not make a pie,' Alec repeated, gesturing expressively with one hand, 'for three reasons. One, because I do not have any pie ingredients. Two, because I don't actually know how to make a pie.'

    He paused, clearly waiting.

    Removing his sword and and leaning it against the cave wall, Jace said warily, 'And three?'

    'Because I am not your bitch,' Alec said, clearly pleased with himself."

47. 

    "What does she want?"

    "Constant meetings. Depositions. The Clave keeps wanting to hear what happened when we fought Sebastian at the Burren. We've all had to give accounts, like, fifty times. How Jace absorbed the heavenly fire from Glorious. Descriptions of the Dark Shadowhunters, the Infernal Cup, the weapons they used, the runes that were on them. What we were wearing, what Sebastian was wearing, what everyone was wearing... like phone sex but boring."

48. 

    "'Sure, he likes you,' said Alec. 'You're heterosexual and have low expectations of father figures.'

    'I think they'll probably put that on my gravestone. "He Was Heterosexual and Had Low Expectations."'"

49. 

    "You're pining."

    "Look who's talking. 'Oh, I love her. Oh, she's my sister. Oh why, why, why--'"

50. 

    "You said not to do anything that might accidentally contribute to the apocalypse. I know you were joking. But it's less funny when I can't rid myself of the feeling that the apocalypse is coming, somehow. Valentine Morgenstern nearly wiped out the Shadowhunters, and his son is twice as clever and six times as evil."

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