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Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2) QUOTES

Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2) QUOTES

1 " To make a true choice, we must have true knowledge. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

2 " ...As if you have discovered a beach you have been visiting all your life is made not of sand but of diamonds, and they blind you with their beauty...

Diamonds might be blinding in their beauty, but they were also the hardest and sharpest gems in the world. They could cut you or grind you down, smash and slice you apart. Malcolm, deranged with love, had not thought of that. But Julian could think of nothing else. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

3 " There were valuable first editions of books in the enormous library, most of them had been scribbled in by some idiot named Will H. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

4 " [Kieran]his head propped on a stack of poetry books he’d brought from the library. Almost all of them had been inscribed on the inside cover by a James Herondale, who had neatly written out his favorite lines. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

5 " Everyone is afraid of something. We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

6 " Emma, everyone's afraid of something. We fear things because we value them. We fear losing people because we love them. We fear dying because we value being alive. Don't wish you didn't fear anything. All that would mean is that you didn't feel anything. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

7 " Truth is to be found in dreams,” the King said, looking down at them. From this angle, Emma could see that odd splitting of his face ended at his throat, which was ordinary skin. “Tell me, Shadowhunters: you enter a cave. Inside the cave is and egg, lit from within and glowing. You know that it beats with you dreams-not the ones you have during the day, but the ones you half-remember in the morning. It splits open.What emerges?”
“A rose,” said Mark. “With thorns.”
Cristina cut her eyes toward him in surprise but remained motionless. “An angel,” she said. “With bloody hands.”
“A knife,” said Emma. “Pure and clean.”
“Bars,” Julian said quietly. “The bars of a prison cell. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

8 " There's something about a place you've been with someone you love. It takes on a meaning in your mind. It becomes more than a place. It becomes a distillation of what you felt for each other. The moments you spend in a place with someone... they become part of its bricks and mortar. Part of its soul. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

9 " Your pretense does not fool me, gnome. My eye will be upon you. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

10 " It is unusual,” said Cristina, “for a revolution to call for fewer rights for people, not more. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

11 " The bad things can't matter more than the good things "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

12 " I know you have nothing to worry about. I wasn't in love with Mark. I'll never be in love with anyone again who isn't you. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

13 " When people die, our dreams of what they could be die with them. Even if ours is the hand that ends them. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

14 " He grinned, and the grin changed his face completely. Ty when he was still and expressionless had an intensity that fascinated Kit; when he was smiling, he was extraordinary. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

15 " Those who cannot love do not understand it "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

16 " I think you cannot root out love entirely. I think where there has been love, there will always be embers, as the remains of a bonfire outlast the flame. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

17 " When a decision like that is made by a government, it emboldens those who are already prejudiced to speak their deepest thoughts of hate. They assume they are simply brave enough to say what everyone really thinks. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

18 " He caught her by the wrist, brought her hand to his bare chest. Splayed her fingers over his heart. It beat against her palm, like a fist punching its way through his sternum. 'Break my heart,' he said. 'Break it in pieces. I give you permission. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

19 " There's never going to be anyone else for me. That's just how it is. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)

20 " There is truth in stories,” said Arthur. “There is truth in one of your paintings, boy or in a sunset or a couplet from Homer. Fiction is truth, even if it is not a fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live, but your heart will die. "

― Cassandra Clare , Lord of Shadows (The Dark Artifices, #2)