Sometimes," Jem said, "our lives can change so fast that the change outpaces our minds and hearts. It's those times, I think, when our lives have altered but we still long for the time before everything was altered-- that is when we feel the greatest pain. I can tell you, though, from experience, you grow accustomed to it. You learn to live your new life, and you can't imagine, or even really remember, how things were before.
Cassandra ClareThere's nothing you could have done that would cause me to cease loving either of you. Will is myself, my own soul, and if I am not to have the keeping of your heart, then there is not other I would rather have that honor.
Cassandra ClareFunny isnโt it?โ said Sebastian. โThe lies good people tell. Heโll probably make you eggs every day for the rest of your life now, and youโll choke them down because you canโt tell him you donโt like them.โ Clary thought of the Seelie Queen. โLove makes liars of us all?
Cassandra ClareI guess itโs true what they say," observed Jace. "There are no straight men in the trenches." "Thatโs atheists, jackass," said Simon furiously. "There are no atheists in the trenches.
Cassandra ClareYou're a disaster for us, Clary! You're a mundane, you'll always be one, you'll never be a Shadowhunter! You don't know how to think like we do, think about what's best for everyone-- all you think about is yourself! But there's a war now, or there will be, and I don't have time or the inclination to follow around after you, trying to make sure you don't get us killed! Go home, Clary. Go home!
Cassandra Clarei would say it was nice to meet you, but the fact is it wasnt. in fact, it was quite awkward.
Cassandra ClareDon't order any of the faerie food," said Jace, looking at her over the top of his menu. "It tends to make humans a little crazy. One minute you're munching a faerie plum, the next minute you're running naked down Madison Avenue with antlers on your head. Not," he added hastily, "that this has ever happened to me.
Cassandra Clare