Cassandra Clare · 1520 pages
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“When to people tell the same lie..."
"They are working together," Will finished”
“words have the power o change us”
“Tessa snorted. “And what color do you suppose the inner depths of your soul are, Will Herondale?” “Mauve,” said Will.”
“the end of a life is the sum of the love that was lived in it,”
“I believe we are dust and shadows.”
“Greek, Latin, Sanskrit, they contain pure truths, before we cluttered our languages with so many useless words.”
“There are more important things than being careful.”
“Virtutea ingerilor este ca nu pot deveni rai; defectul lor este ca nu pot deveni mai buni. Defectul unui om este ca poate deveni rau; iar virtutea sa este ca poate deveni mai bun."
"Dragoste, speranta, teama, credinta - asta inseamna omenescul; Acestea-s semnul, firea si caracterul lui.”
“For words have the power to change us.”
“...¿Por qué sería que los brujos siempre parecían tan...siniestros? Quizá con la excepción de Magnus, pero le daba la sensación de que Magnus era la excepción a muchas reglas.”
“When ghosts rose, they drew energy from their surroundings, depriving the air around them of heat.”
“-¿A qué clase de monstruo no le gusta el chocolate?” Will Herondale”
“Could be both,” said Will. “Haven’t you ever heard of pornographic gibberish before?”
“you choose to walk with through life will be the most important decision that you will ever, ever make. You will have your children and you will love them because they are yours and because they will be wonderful. Just like you.” She wrinkled her nose at me and grinned. “But who you marry is a choice. The man you choose should make you happy, encourage you in following your dreams, big ones and little ones.”
“…a cynic who was still saddened whenever his jaundiced view of mankind was confirmed...”
“Maybe God is only the most powerful poetic idea we humans’re capable of thinkin’,” he said one night, after a few drinks. “Maybe God has no reality outside our minds and exists only in the paradox of Perfect Compassion and Perfect Justice. Or maybe,” he suggested, slouching back in his chair and favoring her with a lopsided, wily grin, “maybe God is exactly as advertised in the Torah. Maybe, along with all its other truths and beauties, Judaism preserves for each generation of us the reality of the God of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses—the God of Jesus.” A cranky, uncanny God, D.W. called Him. “A God with quirky, unfathomable rules, a God who gets fed up with us and pissed off! But quick to forgive, Sofia, and generous,”
“In their talk there was nothing but companionship with a distant undertone of passion. In the background there was the unspoken zest of the promise which, in due course and in their own time, would be met.”
“No matter how careful you are, you can end up pregnant. That’s what sex is designed to do, after all. So, never sleep with someone who’s mean or stupid, and ugly is a judgment call, because all three may breed true.”
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