Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

Quotes

• “Henry turned as if to dart out of the room, then swung around and stared at them, a look of confusion passing over his f...”
• “I believe in good and evil,"said Jem. "And I believe the soul is eternal. But I don't believe in the fiery pit, the pitc...”
• “Pulvis et umbra sumus. It's a line from Horace. 'We are dust and shadows'. Appropriate, don't you think?"Will said. "It'...”
• “Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?"Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing ...”
• “That was enterprising,"Will sounded nearly impressed.Nate smiled. Tess shot him a furious look. "Don't look pleased with...”
• “Whatever you are physically...male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matter less than what you...”
• “You know,"Gabriel said, "there was a time I thought we could be friends, Will.""There was a time I thought I was a ferre...”
• “Will rolled up his sleeves. "We'll probably have to knock down the door--""Or,"said Jem, reaching out and giving the kno...”
• “Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a rac...”
• “Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wro...”
• “Will suspected Jem was in fact cleverer than he was himself - but he lacked Will's tendency to assume the absolute worst...”
• “So you're a Shadowhunter,' Nate said. 'De Quincey told me that you lot were monsters.''Was that before or after he tried...”
• “Well, she's not responding to my advances,"he observed more brightly than he felt, "so she must be dead.""Or she's a wom...”
• “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 wh...”
• “It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they dese...”
• “One must always be careful of books,"said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
• “Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made”
• “Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”
• “Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?”
• “If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?”
• “There's plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.”
• “It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.”
• “Black hair and blue eyes are my favorite combination.”
• “Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.”