„Magnus believed that many old things were creations of enduring beauty. The pyramids. Michelangelo’s David. Versailles. Magnus himself.“

— Cassandra Clare

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„Hello, companion," said Magnus.The monkey made a terrible sound, half snarl and half hiss."I begin to rather doubt the beauty of our friendship," said Magnus.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Ah,” said Magnus. “Nerd love. It is a beautiful thing, while also being an object of mockery and hilarity for those of us who are more sophisticated.“
— Cassandra Clare
„It was a lesson, Magnus thought, to love while you could, love what was fragile and beautiful and imperiled. Nobody was guaranteed forever.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Magnus thought of James Herondale, burning up with too much light, too much love, too much, too much- while the boy in the portrait was as lovely as a dying poet, with the fragile beauty of a candle about to gutter out.“
— Cassandra Clare
„Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.“
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
„The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.“
— James Joyce