You have ruthlessness in your bones and ice in your heart, Clarissa. Don't tell me any differently.
Cassandra ClareIt was, of course, odd for a lady to be opening her own door, but from the look of the place, Magnus assumed the entire staff of servants had been given the decade off.
Cassandra ClareFar below ran the silver ribbon of the East River, braceleted by shining bridges, flecked by boats as small as flyspecks, splitting the shining banks of light that were Manhattan and Brooklyn on either side.
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