... everything seemed to him a uniform shade of gray- even the people! He had been unable to believe it could rain so much in one place, and so unceasingly. The damp had seemed to come up from the floors and into his bones, so that he'd thought he would eventually sprout mold, in the manner of a tree. "You do get used to it," he said "Even if sometimes you feel as if you out to be able to be wrung out like a washrag." p 311
Cassandra ClareThere was something peculiarly gratifying about shouting in a blind rage until your words ran out. Of course, the aftermath was less pleasant. Once you'd told everyone you hated them and not to come after you, where exactly did you go?
Cassandra ClareShe knew she could not be Jem for Will. No one could. But slowly the hollow places in his heart were filling in.
Cassandra ClareWe spoke of how to say good-bye,โ Jem said. โWhen Jonathan bid farewell to David, he said, โGo in peace, for as much as we have sworn, both of us, saying the Lord be between me and thee, forever.โ They did not see each other again, but they did not forget. So it will be with us. When I am Brother Zachariah, when I no longer see the world with my human eyes, I will still be in some part the Jem you knew, and I will see you with the eyes of my heart.
Cassandra Clare