Cassandra Clare

Quotes

  1. "Never doubt my weaseling abilities, Shadowhunter, for they are epic and memorable in their scope."

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  2. He waited, but nothing happened.

    "Boom? Was something suppose to happen there?"

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  3. "If you're texting Magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you."

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  4. "We have to get out of here."

    "No offense, but that's pretty obvious."

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  5. She was thinking of Simon, leaving for a house that no longer felt like home to him, of the despair in Jace's voice as he said I want to hate you, and of Magnus, not telling Jace the truth: that Alec did not want Jace to know about his relationship because he was still in love with him. She thought of the satisfaction it would have brought Magnus to say the words out loud, to acknowledge what the truth was, and the fact that he hadn't said them-had let Alec go on lying and pretending-because that was what Alec wanted, and Magnus cared about Alec enough to give him that. Maybe it was true what the Seelie Queen had said, after all: Love made you a liar.

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  6. "Look. In all the years I've known him, there's always been exactly one place Simon wanted to be, and he's always fought like hell to make sure he got there and stayed there."

    "Where's that?"

    "Wherever you were."

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  7. "I keep thinking about blood. I dream about it. Wake up thinking about it. Pretty soon I'll be writing morbid emo poetry about it."

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  8. "Hearing my achievements recited is certainly gratifying, but I'm not sure what your point is, Alec."

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  9. "Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house."

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  10. "I guess it's true what they say. There are no straight men in the trenches."

    "That's atheists, jackass. There are no atheists in the trenches."

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  11. "What makes you think that Valentine's change of plans had anything to do with your brother?"

    "Because only Jace can piss someone off that much."

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  12. "Well, I'm not kissing the mundane. I'd rather stay down here and rot."

    "Forever? Forever's an awfully long time."

    "I knew it. You want to kiss me, don't you?"

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