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Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.

Sharp are the arrows of a broken heart.

Cassandra Clare
Heart, Arrows, Broken
Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.349, Simon and Schuster

City of Fallen Angels ended on a cliffhanger. That was equally loved and hated by my readership.

Cassandra Clare
Angel, Cities, Fallen

And write what you love - dont feel pressured to write serious prose if what you like is to be funny. You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

Cassandra Clare
Writing, Serious, Feels
Interview with Cheryl Brody, www.seventeen.com. March 05, 2008.

My grandfather was a movie producer, and so I grew up on movie sets.

Cassandra Clare
Grandfather, Grew Up, Producers

I have specific playlists for different books and characters. So, I need to have those with me. It helps me get into the mindset of the book.

Cassandra Clare
Book, Character, Different

I think the main thing to remember when writing a novel is to stay true to the characters.

Cassandra Clare
Writing, Character, Thinking

Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive.

Cassandra Clare
Fire, Suffering, Stronger
Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

Maybe Alexander Lightwood would not break his heart.

Cassandra Clare
Heart, Break
Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2015). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.488, Simon and Schuster

Family isn't blood. It's the people who love you. The people who have your back.

Cassandra Clare
Love You, Blood, People
Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Heavenly Fire”, p.111, Simon and Schuster

Wanderlust is not unheard of in our kind; it comes upon us now and then. When you can live forever, staying in one place can come to seem a dull prison after many, many years.

Cassandra Clare
Years, Forever, Dull
Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

Don't sulk. For someone with all the grace and coordination of a pregnant wildebeest, you did great.

Cassandra Clare
Grace, Coordination, Pregnant

Can I help you with something?" Clary turned instant traitor against her gender. "Those girls on the other side of the car are staring at you." Jace assumed an air of mellow gratification. "Of course they are," he said, "I am stunningly attractive.

Cassandra Clare
Girl, Air, Car
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.87, Simon and Schuster

Don't touch any of my weapons without my permission." "Well, there goes my plan for selling them all on eBay," Clary muttered. "Selling them on what?" Clary smiled blandly at him. "A mythical place of great magical power.

Cassandra Clare
Ebay, Weapons, Selling
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.103, Simon and Schuster

Have you fallen in love with the wrong person yet?' Jace said, "Unfortunately, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains myself." ..."At least," she said, "you don't have to worry about rejection, Jace Wayland." "Not necessarily. I turn myself down occasionally, just to keep it interesting.

Cassandra Clare
Interesting, Worry, Rejection
Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.303, Simon and Schuster

He'd felt like a jack-o-lantern for the past few days, as if his guts had been yanked out with a fork and dumped in a heap while a grinning smile stayed plastered on his face.

Cassandra Clare
Past, Jack O Lanterns, Faces
Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Ashes”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

I don't want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can't confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead." "Well," said Luke, "you're doing a fantastic job.

Cassandra Clare
Jobs, Teenager, Humor
Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Ashes”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

Is there some particular reason that you're here?" ... "Not this again." "Not what again?" said Clary. "Every time I annoy him, he retreats into his No Mundanes Allowed tree house." Simon pointed at Jace.

Cassandra Clare
House, Tree, Retreat
Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.548, Simon and Schuster

You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.

Cassandra Clare
Crush, Lying, Realization
Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Ashes”, p.274, Simon and Schuster

Catching sight of himself in the long mirrors that ran along the walls, he stiffened in shock...His eyes were surrounded by black shadows, his shirt smeared with dried blood and filthy mud... "Admiring yourself?" The Inquisitor's voice cut through his reverie. "You won't look so pretty when the Clave gets through with you." "You do seem obsessed with my look...Could it be that you're attracted to me?" "Don't be revolting...You could be my son.

Cassandra Clare
Wall, Eye, Son

You had every right to be. He raised his eyes to look at her and she was suddenly and strangely reminded of being four years old at the beach, crying when the wind came up and blew away the castle she had made. Her mother had told her she could make another one if she liked, but it hadn't stopped her crying because what she had thought was permanent was not permanent after all, but only made out of sand that vanished at the touch of wind and water.

Cassandra Clare
Mother, Beach, Eye
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.819, Simon and Schuster

At the time I thought what I had with you and your mother was better than nothing. But if you can't tell the truth to the people you care about the most, eventually you stop being able to tell the truth to yourself.

Cassandra Clare
Mother, People, Care
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.869, Simon and Schuster

He had electric blue hair that had stuck around his head like tendrils of a startled octopus.

Cassandra Clare
Hair, Blue, Octopus

Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.

Cassandra Clare
Love, Jace, Unrequited
Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Bones: TV Tie-in”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

Isabella with her whip and boots and knives would chop anyone who tried to pen her up in a tower into pieces, build a bridge out of the remains, and walk carelessly to freedom, her hair looking fabulous the entire time.

Cassandra Clare
Hair, Knives, Bridges
Cassandra Clare (2010). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass”, p.547, Simon and Schuster

How awfully convenient for you, regardless. And for him. He won't have to worry about you spilling his secrets." "Yeah," Jace said. "He's terrified I'll tell everyone that he's always wanted to be a ballerina.

Cassandra Clare
Worry, Secret, Ballerina
Cassandra Clare (2009). “City of Ashes”, p.123, Simon and Schuster

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