"I did not think you would be angry, Jem burst out, and it was like ice cracking across a frozen waterfall, freeing a torrent. We were engaged, Tessa. ...











It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.

More Cassandra Clare quotes
"No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.
"Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.
"I think everyone is strong and weak in different ways.
"There is nothing more important than love. And no law higher." - Malcolm Fade
"He could sleep in the ruins of cities lost for centuries.
"As long as there is love and memory, there is no true death," - John Carstairs
"Love is beautiful." - Malcolm Fade
"It was hard to live normally when you were constantly pretending you didn't see what was going on in front of your face.
"When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.
"You are all that exists on the earth and under the sky that I do love. - Keiran
"It is unusual,” said Cristina, “for a revolution to call for fewer rights for people, not more.
"[Kieran]his head propped on a stack of poetry books he’d brought from the library. Almost all of them had been inscribed on the inside cover by a Jame...
"He picked up the sketchbook, turning it so she could see his work - a gorgeous rendition of a stone bridge they'd passed, surrounded by the drooping b...
"To make a true choice, we must have true knowledge.


