Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

"Sed lex dura lex," said Jace automatically. "The Law is hard, but it is the Law."
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"Sed lex dura lex," said Jace automatically. "The Law is hard, but it is the Law."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"One of the Silent Brothers is here to see you. Hodge sent me to wake you up. Actually he offered to wake you himself, but since it's 5 a.m., I figured you'd be less cranky if you had something nice to look at."Meaning you"What else?"
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"Clary felt suddenly annoyed. "When the self-congratulatory part of the evening is over, maybe we could get back to saving my best friend from being exsanguinated to death"Exsanguinated," said Jace, impressed. "That's a big word."And you're a big-"Tsk tsk," he interupted. "No swearing in church."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"Maybe they didn't make vampires out of ugly people. Or maybe ugly people just didn't want to live forever."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"Another vampire pushed her way through the crowd to stand at hisside—a pretty blue-haired Asian girl in a silver foil skirt. Clary wondered if there were any ugly vampires, or maybe any fat ones. Maybe they didn't make vampires out of ugly people. Or maybe ugly people just didn't want to live forever."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"Jocelyn recognized reading as a sacred pastime and usually wouldn't interrupt Clary in the middle of a book, even to yell at her."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"Every teenager in the world feels like that, feels broken or out of place, different somehow, royalty mistakenly born into a family of peasants. The difference in your case is that it's true."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"to love is to destroy and that to be loved is the one to be destroyed"
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"You really want to know what else it was my mom said about you" he asked. She shook her head. He didn't seem to notice. "She said you'd break my heart," he told her, and left."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"I may not believe in sin,” he said, “but I do feel guilt. We Shadowhunters live by a code, and that code isn’t flexible. Honor, fault, penance, those are real to us, and they have nothing to do with religion and everything to do with who we are. This is who I am, Clary," he said desperately."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"Isabelle was exactly Simon's type—tall, glamorous, and beautiful. Come to think of it, maybe that was everyone's type."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"Humans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all. They threw away their lives for money, for packets of powder, for a stranger's charming smile."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"There were some memories, though, that never faded."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"He is a demon, Clarissa,” said Valentine, still in the same soft voice. “A demon with a man’s face. I know how deceptive such monsters can be. Remember, I spared him once myse"
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"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 hand to his cheek, more in surprise than pain. "What the hell was that for"The other ten percent,” she said."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"For the devil has no power . . . except in the dark." - Madame Dorothea"
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"I should have guessed you were Jace's sister," he said. "You both have the same artistic talent."Clary paused, her foot on the lowest stair. She was taken aback. "Jace can draw"Nah." When Alec smiled, his eyes lit like blue lamps and Clary could see what Magnus had found so captivating about him. "I was just kidding. He can't draw a straight line."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"The surface of the pond was green with fallen leaves. "How could you have been happy there? I know what you thought, but Valentine was a terrible father. He killed your pets, lied to you, and I know he hit you- don't even try to pretend he didn't."A flicker of a smile ghosted across Jace's face. "Only on alternate Thursdays."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"Hugo attacked me." Clary tried not to wince as the astringent liquid stung her wounds. Hugo" Luke blinked. Hodge's bird. I think it was his bird, anyway. Maybe it was Valentine's."Hugin," Luke said softly. "Hugin and Munin were Valentine's pet birds. Their names mean 'Thought' and 'Memory.'"Well they should mean 'Attack' and 'Kill,'" said Clary. "Hugo almost tore my eyes out."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
"The funny thing about mundies is how obsessed with magic they are for a bunch of people who don't even know what the word means."
Cassandra Clare, City of Bones
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