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“She never would, either, unless she earned it, and she knew too well how humans earned wishes. Chiefly: hunting, graverobbing, and murder.”
― Laini Taylor, Daughter of Smoke & Bone

“Immortals. We're used to seeing each other off and on through the centuries. Years go by, then someone's back and it's just the way it was before. Because we stay the same, though the world doesn't. When someone dies, it takes us a while to process. You think to yourself: I wonder when I'll see him again. Then you remember, and it's a shock every time. You have to keep reminding yourself, until you believe it: I'll never see him again.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Land I Lost

“Every community needs a heart. There had to be a common are where everyone could gather, to trade for goods and secrets, to find love and riches.”
― Cassandra Clare, Son of the Dawn

“Cruelty, harshness, pain: no one shielded us from the realities of life, and that made us strong.”
― Cassandra Clare, The Wicked Ones