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You cannot save every fallen bird, said Woosley, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms. Even the handsome ones. One will do, said Magnus, and, as Will was no longer within his sight, he let the front door

You cannot save every fallen bird," said Woosley, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms. "Even the handsome ones." "One will do," said Magnus, and, as Will was no longer within his sight, he let the front door fall shut.

Cassandra Clare
Wall, Fall, Sight

Sometimes the newly Marked go into shock. The good news is, if this happens to you, you are unlikely to notice, because you will be in shock.

Cassandra Clare
News, Sometimes, Unlikely
Cassandra Clare, Joshua Lewis (2013). “The Shadowhunter's Codex”, p.184, Simon and Schuster

I need some beef and broccoli before I face any more Mr. Darcy. It's a truth universally acknowledged that if you watch too much television on am empty stomach, your head falls off." "If your head fall off, " Tessa said, "the hairdressing industry would go into an economic meltdown

Cassandra Clare
Fall, Watches, Beef
Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.431, Simon and Schuster

I don't remember ordering the bride of an evil maniac," said Magnus. "It was definitely beef and broccoli. What about you, Tessa? Did you order the bride of an evil maniac?

Cassandra Clare
Order, Evil, Beef
Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2015). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.432, Simon and Schuster

The way Magnus’ breath had sounded, rattling in his chest, before he’d said his father’s name.

Cassandra Clare
Father, Names, Way

A parabatai. Like he was. And Jace knew, too, what that faded rune meant: a parabatai whose other half was dead. He felt his sympathy leap toward Brother Zachariah, as he imagined himself without Alec, with only that faded rune to remind him where once he had been bonded to someone who knew all the best and worst parts of his soul.

Cassandra Clare
Brother, Soul, Half
Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.232, Simon and Schuster

Clary: "Aren't they supposed to be hiring someone else to train me full-time anyway?"

Cassandra Clare
Time, Fallen Angels, Hiring
Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1350, Simon and Schuster

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know of, and use them to embellish and define characters.

Cassandra Clare
Real, Writing, Character
Interview with Cheryl Brody, www.seventeen.com. March 5, 2008.

We live and breathe words. .... It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me, and I with them. Reading your words, what you wrote, how you were lonely sometimes and afraid, but always brave; the way you saw the world, its colors and textures and sounds, I felt-I felt the way you thought, hoped, felt, dreamt. I felt I was dreaming and thinking and feeling with you. I dreamed what you dreamed, wanted what you wanted-and then I realized that truly I just wanted you

Cassandra Clare
Love, Dream, Lonely

So I lied to you last night. I said I just wanted one night with you. But I want every night with you. And that's why I have to slip out of your window now, like a coward. Because if I had to tell you this yo your face, I couldn't make myself go.

Cassandra Clare
Night, Romance, Coward

You know men. We have delicate egos.

Cassandra Clare
Self Esteem, Men, Ego
Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.505, Simon and Schuster

Heroes aren't always the ones who win. They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.

Cassandra Clare
Giving Up, Hero, Don't Give Up
Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

One must always be careful of books.

Cassandra Clare
Book, Infernal Devices, Shadowhunters
Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you, but the book will be pretty boring.

Cassandra Clare
Book, Hero, Shoes
Interview with Cheryl Brody, www.seventeen.com. March 5, 2008.

We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.

Cassandra Clare
Hope, Memories, Loss
Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.724, Simon and Schuster

I'm not a man. I have no male pride for you to trick me with, and I am not interested in single combat. That is entirely a weakness of your sex, not mine. I am a woman. I will use any weapon and all weapons to get what I want.

Cassandra Clare
Sex, Pride, Men

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

Cassandra Clare
Book, Writing, Want
Interview with Cheryl Brody, www.seventeen.com. March 05, 2008.

My Romanian is pretty much limited to useful phrases like, 'Are these snakes poisonous?' and 'But you look much too young to be a police officer.

Cassandra Clare
Snakes, Police, Looks
Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.930, Simon and Schuster

I hate ducks. Don't know why. I just always have.

Cassandra Clare
Hate, Ducks, Lost Souls
Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.198, Simon and Schuster

It is a far greater thing that I do now, than I've ever done before.

Cassandra Clare
Inspiring, Done, Greater Things

Books will always be there for you.

Cassandra Clare
Book

"You guessed? You must have been pretty sure, considering you could have killed me." "I was ninety percent sure." "I see," Clary said. There must have been something in her voice, because he turned to look at her. Her hand cracked across his face, a slap that rocked him back on his heels. He put his hands on his cheek, more in surprise than pain. "What the hell was that for?" "The other ten percent."

Cassandra Clare
Pain, Humor, Hands
Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

All things tend toward entropy. The whole universe is moving outward, the stars pulling away from one another, God knows what falling through the cracks between them.

Cassandra Clare
Stars, Moving, Fall
Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1992, Simon and Schuster

The devil has no power ... except in the dark.

Cassandra Clare
Dark, Devil

You cannot hide your true self forever.

Cassandra Clare
Self, Forever, Identity
Cassandra Clare (2012). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls”, p.1403, Simon and Schuster

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