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“Wo ai ni, Tessa,” he whispered. “Wo bu xiang shi qu ni.” She knew, without knowing how she knew, what the words meant. I love you. And I don’t want to lose you.”
― The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
― The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
“Most people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two.”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“Did you like it?" he said. "I could have given you...jewelry, but I wanted it to be something that was wholly yours. That no one else would hear or own. And I am not good with words, so I wrote how I felt about you in music." He paused. "Did you like it?”
― Clockwork Princess
― Clockwork Princess
“Will: "You are not really dying, are you?"
Jem: "So they tell me."
Will: "I am sorry."
Jem: "No. Don’t be ordinary like that. Don’t say you’re sorry. Say you’ll train with me."
Will: "I’ll train with you.”
―
Jem: "So they tell me."
Will: "I am sorry."
Jem: "No. Don’t be ordinary like that. Don’t say you’re sorry. Say you’ll train with me."
Will: "I’ll train with you.”
―
“He pulled the Carstairs family ring from his finger and held it out to Will. "Take it."
Will let his eyes drift down toward it, and then up to Jem's face. A dozen awful things he could say, or do, went through his mind. One did not slough off a persona so quickly, he had found. He had pretended to be cruel for so many years that the pretense was still what he reached for first, as a man might absently turn his carriage toward the home he had lived in for all his life, despite the fact that he had recently moved. "You wish to marry me now?" he said, at last.”
― Clockwork Princess
Will let his eyes drift down toward it, and then up to Jem's face. A dozen awful things he could say, or do, went through his mind. One did not slough off a persona so quickly, he had found. He had pretended to be cruel for so many years that the pretense was still what he reached for first, as a man might absently turn his carriage toward the home he had lived in for all his life, despite the fact that he had recently moved. "You wish to marry me now?" he said, at last.”
― Clockwork Princess
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