Cassandra Clare

Quotes

1. "'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."'"

2. 

   "You're pining."

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

3. 

   "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."

4. 

   "Love makes us liars. The Seelie Queen told me that. So don't judge me for lying about how I feel. You do it too."

5. 

   "I think it's strawberry juice," Isabelle said. "Anyway, it's yummy. Jace?" She offered him the glass.

   "I am a man," he told her, "and men do not consume pink beverages. Get thee gone, woman, and bring me something brown."

   "Brown?" Isabelle made a face.

   "Brown is a manly color."

6. 

   "I'm taking that away from you before you get to the India part, Magnus in a sari. Some things you don't ever forget."

7. 

   "Or maybe she's trying to take the attention off you," Simon said, almost absently. "You know since your parents don't know you're gay and all."

   Alec stopped in the middle of the road so suddenly that Simon almost crashed into him. "No," he said, "but apparently everyone else does."

8. 

   "Stay with me. We can see the whole world."

   "I am with you. I'm not going anywhere."

   "Is there anything special you want to see? Paris? Budapest? The Leaning Tower of Pisa?"

   Only if it falls on Sebastian's head, she thought.

9. 

   "I know how you think you feel about me, you don't though. You just like me because I'm safe. There's no risk. And then you never have to try to have a real relationship because you can use me as an excuse."

10. 

    "There is no pretending, I love you, and I will love you until I die, and if there is life after that, I'll love you then."

11. 

    "Well, when a mommy vampire and a daddy vampire love each other very much..."

12. 

    "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?