„I knew a girl, once, immortal like me-“”And she was with someone mortal?” said Alec. “What happened?””He died,” Magnus said. There was a finality to the way he said it that spoke of a deeper grief than words could paint.“

— Cassandra Clare

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„I get the feeling," Alec said, and smiled, "she hasn't forgiven me for betraying you, as she sees it.""Good girl," said Jace with appreciation."I didn't betray you, idiot.""It's the thought that counts.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Alec would have said he could have benefited from a bit more in the way of constructive cowardice.“
— Cassandra Clare
„He’s very pretty. For a human.”“He’s very broken,” said Magnus. “Like a lovely vase that someone has smashed. Only luck and skill can put it back together the way it was before.“
— Cassandra Clare
„"You asking me the way?" "Yes," I said, "since I can't find it myself." "Give it up! Give it up!" said he, and turned with a sudden jerk, like someone who wants to be alone with his laughter.“
— Franz Kafka
„Nothing could bother me more than the way a thing goes dead once it has been said.“
— Gertrude Stein
„It's a girl," Jace said, recovering his composure. "Surely you've seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle is one.“
— Cassandra Clare
„He and the girl had almost nothing to say to each other. One thing he did say was, 'I ain't got any tattoo on my back.''What you got on it?' the girl said.'My shirt,' Parker said. 'Haw.''Haw, haw,' the girl said politely.“
— Flannery O’Connor
„What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was doing there."It's a girl," Jace said, recovering his composure. "Surely you've seen girls before, Alec. Your sister Isabelle is one.“
— Cassandra Clare
„He closed his eyes. “I’m so tired, Tess,” he said. “I only wanted pleasant dreams for once.”“That is not the way to get them, Will,” she said softly. “You cannot buy or drug or dream your way out of pain.“
— Cassandra Clare
„I learned to play the instruments of war," he said, "and paint in blood.“
— Cassandra Clare