Quotes by Cassandra Clare

Got caught in the rain, I see, - Isabelle Lightwood

Do you not tire of eternity? Do you not wish to end your suffering?By leaping into the Void? Not really.

The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.

You dont have to do this.I think I do, Julian said. I remember making a vow to that affect.Whither thou goest, i will go, whatever stupid thing you do, i shall do also. Emma said. Was that the vow?

Perhaps there isn’t anything Alec is afraid of.”Magnus glanced at Alec and raised his eyebrows. “Boo,” he said.Jace was grinning. “Come on, surely you’ve got a phobia or two. What scares you?”Alec thought for a moment. “Spiders,” he said.Clary turned to Luke. “Have you got a spider anywhere?”Luke looked exasperated. “Why would I have a spider? Do I look like someone who would collect them?”“No offense,” Jace said, “But you kind of do.”“You know”---Alec’s tone was sour---”Maybe this was a stupid experiment.”“What about the dark?” Clary suggested. “We could lock you in the basement.”“I’m a demon hunter,” Alec said, with exaggerated patience. “Clearly, I am not afraid of the dark.

You can not buy or drug or dream your way out of pain.

We are Morgensterns, he added, a dark ache in his voice. The bright stars of morning. The children of Lucifer, the most beautiful of all Gods angels. We are so much lovelier when we fall. He paused. Look at me , Clary. Look at me.

Not specifically. Demons have been on Earth as long as we have. Theyre all over the world, in their different forms – Greek daemons, Persian daevas, Hindu asuras, Japanese oni. Most belief systems have some method of incorporating both their existence and the fight against them. Shadowhunters cleave to no single religion, and in turn all religions assist us in our battle. I could as easily have gone for help to a Jewish synagogue or a Shinto temple, or – Ah. Here it is.

Demons, drawled the blond boy, tracing the word on the air with his finger. Religiously defined as hells denizens, the servants of Satan, but understood here, for the purposes of the Clave, to be any malevolent spirit whose origin is outside our own home dimension -

A scientist said once that if the ocean were as clear as the sky, if we could see everything in it, no one would ever go in the sea.

Simon snorted. If you ever meet the man who could take advantage of Isabelle, youll have to let me know. Id like to shake his hand. Or run away from him very fast, Im not sure which.

One cannot judge a man for the sins of his family.

The monsters bride at his door. Magnus could not stop staring. [Jocelyn] was staring too. She seemed transfixed by his pajamas. Magnus was frankly offended. He had not invited any wives of crazed hate-cult leader to come around and pass judgement on his wardrobe.

I suppose we all lie to ourselves sometimes.

It is always better to live the truth than to live a lie.

Speaking of luck, Isabelle Lightwood is a total babe. Actually, shes better than a babe: Shes a hero. She came all the way here to tell the world you were hers. Youre telling me she doesnt know another hero when she sees one? Youre going to figure out what youre doing here. Isabelle Lightwood believes in you, and for what its worth, I do too.

He had to escape. He had to go and become a hero, the way he had been once.

When the fey were worried, it was time to panic.

Magnus looked away, so as not to see the wreckage. I wish you luck, he said. Luck and love. Edmund made a small bow. I bid you good day. I think we will not meet again. He walked away, into the inner reaches of the Institute. A few feet away, he wavered and paused, light from one of the narrow church windows turning his hair rich gold, and Magnus thought he would turn. But Edmund Herondale never looked back.

Every time you rip the bandages off, you just open the wound up again. Every time he sees you, its like tearing off the bandages.