The Bane Chronicles Quotes

“Magnus gave Alec a sidelong look as they climbed the rickety stairs. Alec caught the glance, and his breathing quickened; his blue eyes were bright. Alec bit his lower lip, and Magnus stopped walking. It was only a momentary hesitation. But then Alec reached out and caught his arm, fingers tight above his elbow.
‘Magnus’, he said in a low voice.”
― Cassandra Clare , The Course of True Love [and First Dates]

“He hadn't stopped wanting love. He had simply, somehow, stopped looking.”
― Cassandra Clare, What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything

“Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes.”
― cassandra clare, What Really Happened in Peru

“It would be ironic, Magnus thought, terribly and cruelly ironic, for one Herondale to be saved by love, and another Herondale damned by it.”
― Cassanda Clare

“I think you're fairly strong," said Magnus. "And you have quite a lot of self-control. Look how you sternly repress all the hero worship you are longing to show me that you feel."
"It is sometimes an exercise of real self-control not to laugh in your face," Raphael said gravely. "That much is true.”
― Cassandra Clare, Saving Raphael Santiago

“No" he murmured."No, I didn't. You know him better than anyone else ever has or every will. You made him, you taught him to be all he is, and you know him down to his bones. You know how strong he is. You know how much he loves you. If I gave you anything, give me your faith now. Teach one thing to all your children. I have never told you anything more true than this. Believe this, if you believe nothing else. Raphael saved himself”
― Cassandra Clare, Saving Raphael Santiago

“He had been through a hundred heartbreaks, but he found himself afraid when he thought of Alexander Lightwood breaking his heart. He did not know how this boy with the messy black hair and the worried blue eyes, with his steady hands and rare sweet smile that was less rare in Magnus's presence, had acquired such power over him.”
― Cassandra Clare, What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything

“What am I?" he asked. "I am Edmund Herondale, and, my lady, I am always and forever at your service. If you will have me." He smiled, and the smile was slow and devastating. In the dark narrow street long past midnight, his eyes were high summer.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Bane Chronicles

“I beg your pardon again. Do you believe yourself to be a pianoforte?" - Magnus Bane, The Midnight Heir (The Bane Chronicles, 4) by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan”
― Cassandra Clare, The Bane Chronicles

“Vampires took offense SO easily—and Parisian vampires were the worst of all.' - The Runaway Queen (The Bane Chronicles, 2) by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson”
― Cassandra Clare, The Bane Chronicles

“Certainly there were places of greater natural beauty—but Paris but UNNATURAL beauty, which was arguably better.' - The Runaway Queen (The Bane Chronicles, 2) by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson”
― Cassandra Clare, The Bane Chronicles

“GOD HAS NOT MERCY AND NOR WILL I' - The Midnight Heir (The Bane Chronicles, 4) by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan”
― Cassandra Clare, The Bane Chronicles

“My dear lady, you cannot afford me, and also, please leave that horse alone. - Magnus Bane, The Midnight Heir (The Bane Chronicles, 4) by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan”
― Cassandra Clare, The Bane Chronicles

“Our Fathers were demons. Our Mothers were Hero's”
― -Magnus Bane

“Hi Magnus. This is Alec. Alexander. I guess you don’t want to talk to me. I can understand that. But I really think if we were together…if I could just explain…

I’m so bad with words. I’m sorry. But you always seemed to know what I meant. I don’t want to lose that. I don’t want to lose you. I want to talk to you so badly, but if I can’t, I guess I’m calling to say…

I’m really sorry. I just called to say that.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Voicemail of Magnus Bane

“Ladies hearts are like china on a mantle piece . There are so many of them, and it is so easy to break them without noticing”
― -Edmund Herondale

“Besides, the charango was definitely starting to sound better. He was either getting the hang of it or succumbing to auditory hallucinations. Magnus chose to believe it was the former.”
― Cassandra Clare, What Really Happened in Peru

“Love did not overcome everything. Love did not always endure. All you had could be taken away, love could be the last thing you had, and then love could be taken too. Magnus knew, though, how love could be a last hope and a star to steer by. Light that went out had still shone once.”
― Cassandra Clare, Saving Raphael Santiago

“I'm a demon,' he said. 'I'll curse a mermaid. I'll curse a cocker spaniel. I don't care about anything.”
― Cassandra Clare, What to Buy the Shadowhunter Who Has Everything

“If Jace was gold, catching the light and the attention, Alec was silver: so used to everyone else looking at Jace that that was where he looked too, so used to living in Jace's shadow that he didn't expect to be seen. Maybe it was enough to be the first person to tell Alec that he was worth being seen ahead of everyone in a room, and of being looked at longest.
And silver, though few people knew it, was rarer than gold.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Course of True Love [and First Dates]