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#1

“You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

tags: humorous

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#2

“But there was nothing left to do but continue”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

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#3

“Because you don't notice the light without a bit of shadow. Everything has both dark and light. You have to play with it till you get it exactly right.”
― Libba Bray, A Great and Terrible Beauty

tags: contrast

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#4

“Everyone’s perception is different; we all see different things. I personally think you see what you want to see.”
― Fisher Amelie, Callum & Harper

tags: insightful, perspective

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#5

“Who ever said the world was fair?”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

tags: unfair

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#6

“Of course they needed to care. It was the meaning of everything.”
― Lois Lowry, The Giver

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#7

“The sensation of falling was the worst part.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

tags: falling

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#8

“You're an idiot."
"I've never claimed to be otherwise.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

tags: humor, idiocy

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#9

“How easy it was to lose everything you had always thought you'd have forever.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

tags: loss

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#10

“He could think of only one reason for her to be there, though it made
no sense after what he'd said to her. Words were weapons, his father had
taught him that, and he'd wanted to hurt Clary more than he'd ever wanted to hurt any girl. In fact, he wasn't sure he had ever wanted to hurt a girl before. Usually he just wanted them, and then wanted them to leave him alone.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

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#11

“Discover why you’re important, then refuse to settle for anyone who doesn’t completely agree.”
― Fisher Amelie, Thomas & January

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#12

“The meek may inherit the earth, but at the moment it belongs to the conceited. Like me.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Bones

tags: city-of-bones, humor, jace-wayland, quotes

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#13

“We may not have known each other our whole lives but we've definitely lived them in parallel”
― Fisher Amelie, Callum & Harper

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#14

“Sincerity is one of those rare human qualities that feels a bit like discovering a lost treasure. It is a rare commodity but once found, it absolutely priceless. That was Callum, pretty much in a nutshell.”
― Fisher Amelie, Callum & Harper

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#15

“What's wrong, little sis? You look upset."
She could barely catch her breath. "Cracked...my...nail polish slapping your... worthless face. See?" She showed him her finger - just one of them.
"Cute" He snorted.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Lost Souls

tags: clary-fray, sebastian

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#16

“It's funny how this total stranger could relate to me better than anyone else I'd ever met. It was as if I'd known her my entire life.”
― Fisher Amelie, Callum & Harper

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#17

“That does it," said Jace. "I'm going to get you a dictionary for Christmas this year."
"Why?" Isabelle said.
"So you can look up 'fun.' I'm not sure you know what it means.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

tags: dictionary, fun, humor, isabelle-lightwood, jace-wayland

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#18

“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, City of Ashes

tags: clary-fray, demons, growing-up, humor, jace-wayland, luke, teenager

12379 likes

#19

“He was actually interested in things I had to say, something I'd never experienced before and made me feel extraordinarily special.”
― Fisher Amelie, Callum & Harper

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#20

“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

tags: city-of-fallen-angels, humor, jace-lightwood, sarcasm

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#21

“I've heard the word 'fear'. I simply choose to believe it doesn't apply to me.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

tags: jace-wayland

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#22

“What's the point in wasting a perfectly good brick wall when you have someone to throw against it, that's what I always say.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

tags: city-of-fallen-angels, isabelle-lightwood

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#23

“No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

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#24

“Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: clockwork-angel, will-herondale, william-herondale

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#25

“Or maybe it's just that beautiful things are so easily broken by the world.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

tags: city-of-fallen-angels, fragility, jocelyn-fray

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#26

“I don't do what I'm told, but I might do what you want if you ask me nicely.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

tags: humor, imogen-herondale, impudence, jace-wayland, obedience, rebelliousness, sarcasm

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#27

“But I watch my brothers give their hearts away and I think, Don’t you know better? Hearts are breakable. And I think even when you heal, you’re never what you were before.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

tags: city-of-fallen-angels, isabelle-lightwood

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#28

“So you're trying to make her happy despite the fact that the reason she's unhappy in the first place is you," said Simon, not very kindly. "That seems contradictory, doesn't it?"
"Love is a contradiction," said Jace.”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Fallen Angels

tags: city-of-fallen-angels, jace-lightwood, simon-lewis

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#29

“Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Prince

tags: lies, secrets

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#30

“When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: character, deeds

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