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41 " And when I saw him[my father] lying dead in a pool of his own blood, I knew then that I hadn't stopped believing in God. I'd just stopped believing God cared. There might be a God, Clary, and there might be not. Either way, we're on our own. "
― Cassandra Clare , City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
42 " Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine) "
― Cassandra Clare , City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
43 " She supposed they were imperfections, those marks, but they didn't feel that way to her; they were a history, cut into his body: the map of a life of endless war. "
― Cassandra Clare , City of Glass (The Mortal Instruments, #3)
44 " Everything changes in my life, and the world stays the same. "
45 " I've screwed everything up royally. I remember you saying that growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change. "
46 " He knew Alec enough by now to know the conflicting impulses that warred in him. He was conscientious, the kind of person who believed that the others around him were so much more important than he was, who already believed he was letting everybody down. And he was honest, the kind of person that was naturally open about all he felt and wanted. Alec's virtues had made a trap for him; these two good qualities had collided painfully. He felt he could not be honest without disappointing everyone he loved. It was a hideous conundrum for him. It was as if the world had been designed to make him unhappy. "
― Cassandra Clare , What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything (The Bane Chronicles, #8)
47 " she was glad she had been scarred. She said that whoever loved her now would love her true self, and not her pretty face. "
― Cassandra Clare , Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)
48 " People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but it's the way you live your life that matters. And the people you know. Valentine was Hodge's friend, and I don't think Hodge really had anyone else in his life to challenge him or make him be a better person. If I'd had that life, I don't know how I would have turned out. But I didn't. I have my family. And I have you. "
49 " It means 'Shadowhunters: Looking Better in Black Than the Widows of our Enemies Since 1234'. "
50 " Mom. I have something to tell you. I’m undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I’m here to tell you that undead are just like you and me … well, okay. Possibly more like me than you. "
51 " Just because you call an electric eel a rubber duck doesn't make it a rubber duck, does it? And God help the poor bastard who decides they want to take a bath with the duckie. (Jace Wayland) "
52 " The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me. "
53 " I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy? "
54 " A diary with no drawings of me in it? Where are the torrid fantasies? The romance covers? "
55 " My rapier wit hides my inner pain. "
― Cassandra Clare
56 " As long as there was coffee in the world, how bad could things be? "
57 " I have a high pain threshold. In fact, it's more of a large and tastfully decorated foyer than a threshold. But I do get easily bored "
58 " It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them together into sentences, they just don’t make any sense. "
― Cassandra Clare , City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments, #4)
59 " Going round and around inside a dryer can be fatal, whereas pasta is rarely fatal. Unless Isabelle makes it. "
60 " I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely. "