You don't get it, Clary. You don't understand what it's like to live always at war, to grow up with battle and sacrifice. I guess it's not your fault. It's just how you were brought up-
Cassandra ClareBut the rest of Jaceโs mind is watching the door slam behind her and seeing the final ruin of all his dreams. It was one thing to push it to this point. It is another to let go forever. Because he knows Clary, and if she goes now, she will not ever come back.
Cassandra ClareHe banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.
Cassandra ClareWe are chained to this life by a chain of gold, and we dare not sever it for fear of what lies beyond the drop.
Cassandra ClareI want you to say dreadfully mad, funny things and make up songs and be--' The Will I fell in love with, she almost said. "And be Will," she finished instead. "Or I shall hit you with my umbrella." *** "You would make a very ugly woman." "I would not. I would be stunning." Tessa laughed. โThere,โ she said. โThere is Will. Isnโt that better? Donโt you think so?โ โI donโt know,โ Will said, eyeing her. โIโm afraid to answer that. Iโve heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas.
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