Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess Quotes

Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.

You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.

A Mark that spoke of loss was still a Mark, a remembrance. You could not lose something you never had.

I am catastrophically in love with you.

You kindled me, heap of ashes that I am, into fire. He had wondered once why love was always phrased in terms of burning. The conflagration in his own veins, now, gave the answer.

One does no question miracles, or complain that they are no constructed perfectly to one's liking.

And the answer is yes. I have loved you. I always have, and I always will.

If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were not bullets in the chambers?

I am dramatic, " said Will. "If i had not been a Shadowhunter, i would have had a future on the stage.

I have come to understand something about novels, " Tessa said."And what is that?""They are not true.

Perhaps not, " said Will, who had ears like a bat's. "But I would make a radiant bride.

By the Angel, it just crushed Sophocles, " noted Will. "Has no one respect for the classics these days?

A sense of hopelessness had invaded his bones, as chill and as inescapable as the rain.

It was as hard to comprehend that your life would never end as it was to comprehend that it would.

Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sakes.

It is not easy to be different, and even less so to be unique. But I begin to think I was never meant for an easy road.

Gabriel’s green eyes sought Will. “It was demon pox, wasn’t it? You know all about it, don’t you? Aren’t you some sort of expert?”“Well, you needn’t act as if I invented it, ” said Will.

Few can claim a single angel who guards them. But you can.

Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave, " she said. "It's not a duck, is it?

Can one regret a thing that, however unwise, was beautiful?

A steady flame unwavering & honest

The first one is always the hardest.

He has become a worm. That is what I am telling you.""I don't suppose it would be possible, " said Henry into the silence, "to, er, step on him?

By the Angel, this place is barely better than a penny gaff, ” Gideon said. “Gabriel, don’t look at anything unless I tell you it’s all right.

I want it to stop, " he said. "Sophie says everyone is still searching for a cure for me. I know I gave Will my permission, but I want everyone to cease looking now, Charlotte. It is over.

There is more to living than not dying, " he said. "Look at the way you live, Will. You burn as bright as a star.