Remember when you fell out of that tree on the farm when you were ten, and broke your arm? Remember how he made them let him ride with you in the ambulance on the way to the hospital? He kicked and yelled till they gave in.โ โYou laughed,โ said Clary, remembering, โand my mom hit you in the shoulder.โ โIt was hard not to laugh. Determination like that in a 10-year-old is something to see. He was like a pit bull.โ โIf pit bulls wore glasses and were allergic to ragweed.โ -Luke and Clary talking about Simon, pg.211-
Cassandra ClareIf I might ask--," she began. Will sighed. "You know you'll ask whether I say it's all right or not.
Cassandra ClareI donโt know what to do,โ Will said. โMortmain has taken Tessa, and I believe now I know where she might be. There is a part of me that wants nothing more than to go after her. But I cannot leave Jem. I swore an oath. And what if he wakes in the night and finds I am not here?โ He looked as lost as a child. โHe will think I left him willingly, not caring that he was dying. He will not know. And yet if he could speak, would he not tell me to go after Tessa? Is that not what he would want?โ Will dropped his face into his hands. โI cannot say, and it is tearing me in half.
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