Demons feed on death and pain madness," Valentine said. "When I kill, it is because I must. You grew up in a falsely beautiful paradise surrounded by fragile glass walls, my daughter. Your mother created the world she wanted to live in and she brought you up in it, but she never told you it was an illusion. And all the time the demons waited with their weapons of blood and terror to smash the glass and pull you free of the lie.
Cassandra ClareYou know that feeling,โ she said, โwhen you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage and you cannot let go or turn the course aside.โ His blue eyes were dark with understanding โ of course Will would understand.
Cassandra ClareYou swore to stay with me,โ he said. โWhen we made our oath, as parabatai. Our souls are knit. We are one person, James.โ โWe are two people,โ said Jem. โTwo people with a covenant between us.โ Will knew he sounded like a child, but he could not help it. โA covenant that says you must not go where I cannot come with you.โ โUntil death,โ Jem replied gently. โThose are the words of the oath. โUntil aught but death part thee and me.โ Someday, Will, I will go where none can follow me, and I think it will be sooner rather than later.
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