“Humans were so stupid. They had something so precious, and they barely safeguarded it at all.”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“Faeries are fallen angels," said Dorothea, "cast down out of heaven for their pride."
"That's the legend," Jace said. "It's also said that they're the offspring of demons and angels, which always seemed more likely to me. Good and evil, mixing together. Faeries are as beautiful as angels are supposed to be, but they have a lot of mischief and cruelty in them. And you'll notice most of them avoid midday sunlight—"
"For the devil has no power," said Dorothea softly, as if she were reciting an old rhyme, "except in the dark.”
― City of Bones
"That's the legend," Jace said. "It's also said that they're the offspring of demons and angels, which always seemed more likely to me. Good and evil, mixing together. Faeries are as beautiful as angels are supposed to be, but they have a lot of mischief and cruelty in them. And you'll notice most of them avoid midday sunlight—"
"For the devil has no power," said Dorothea softly, as if she were reciting an old rhyme, "except in the dark.”
― City of Bones
“Jace, Clary thought, was the sort of person who liked it when things were happening, even things that were bad”
― City of Bones
― City of Bones
“Clary: What are you doing here, anyway?
Jace: 'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet? If you're asking whether it's all just a cosmic coincidence or there's a greater metaethical purpose to life, well, that's a puzzler for the ages. I mean, simple ontological reductionism is clearly a fallacious argument, but-
Clary: I'm going to bed.”
―
Jace: 'Here' as in your bedroom or 'here' as in the great spiritual question of our purpose here on this planet? If you're asking whether it's all just a cosmic coincidence or there's a greater metaethical purpose to life, well, that's a puzzler for the ages. I mean, simple ontological reductionism is clearly a fallacious argument, but-
Clary: I'm going to bed.”
―
“Are you threatening to kidnap me?"
"If you want to look at it that way," Jace said, "yes.”
― City of Bones
"If you want to look at it that way," Jace said, "yes.”
― City of Bones
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