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#1

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

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#2

“The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor

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#3

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

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#4

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

tags: humor, obvious, simile

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#5

“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
― Robert A. Heinlein

tags: cats, humor, women

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#6

“Well, she's not responding to my advances," he observed more brightly than he felt, "so she must be dead."
"Or she's a woman of good taste and sense.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: clockwork-angel

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#7

“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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#8

“So you're a Shadowhunter,' Nate said. 'De Quincey told me that you lot were monsters.'
'Was that before or after he tried to eat you?' Will inquired.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: clockwork-angel, humour, nathaniel-gray, will-herondale, wit

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#9

“Jessamine recoiled from the paper as if it were a snake. "A lady does not read the newspaper. The society pages, perhaps, or the theater news. Not this filth."
"But you are not a lady, Jessamine---," Charlotte began.
"Dear me," said Will. "Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: clockwork-angel, jessamine-lovelace, journalism, newspapers, will-herondale

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#10

“Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

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

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#11

“How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing
at the radiance of the sun."
Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: cassandra-clare, clockwork-angel

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#12

“If you have a soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same. You are that flame.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: carstairs, clockwork-angel, jem

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#13

“When Will says 'enterprising', he means 'morally deficient.'"
"No, I mean enterprising," said Will. "When I mean morally deficient, I say, 'Now, that's something I would have done.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: clockwork-angel, the-infernal-devices, will-herondale

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#14

“Never trust a duck.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: clockwork-angel, ducks

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#15

“Oh, I can never get enough," he said. "Which, incidentally, is what your sister said to me when-"
The carriage door flew open. A hand shot out, grabbed Will by the back of the shirt, and hauled him inside.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: clockwork-angel, gabriel-lightwood, jem-carstairs, the-infernal-devices, will-herondale

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#16

“There is more to living than not dying.”
― James Carstairs Cassandra Clare

tags: beautiful, clockwork-angel, the-infernal-devices

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#17

“Will grinned. “Some of these books are dangerous,” he said. “It’s wise to be careful.”“One must always be careful of books,” said Tessa, “and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”“I’m not sure a book has ever changed me,” said Will. “Well, there is one volume that promises to teach one how to turn oneself into an entire flock of sheep—”“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry,” said Tessa”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: booknerds, books, bookworms, cassandra-clare, clockwork-angel, fandom, fandom-talk, literarature, poetry, tessa-gray, the-clockwork-angel, the-infernal-devices, tid, will-herondale, william-herondale

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#18

“But you are not a lady, Jessamine—,” Charlotte began.“Dear me,” said Will. “Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.”“What I mean,” Charlotte said, correcting herself, “is that you are a Shadowhunter first, and a lady second.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: cassandra-clare, charlotte-branwell, charlotte-fairchild, clary-fairchild, clockwork-angel, jem-carstairs, jessamine-lovelace, magnus-bane, tessa-gray, the-clockwork-angel, the-infernal-devices, the-mortal-instruments, tid, tmi, will-herondale, william-herondale

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#19

“Perhaps he’s in love with Agatha,’ she said.

‘I hope not. I intend to marry Agatha myself. She may be a thousand years old, but she makes an incomparable jam tart. Beauty fades, but cooking is eternal.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

tags: cassandra-clare, clockwork-angel

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