Cassandra Clare · 260 pages
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“Wo ai ni, Tessa,” he whispered. “Wo bu xiang shi qu ni.” She knew, without knowing how she knew, what the words meant. I love you. And I don’t want to lose you.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
“This...this...thing?"
"A parsnip?" Jem suggested
"A parsnip planted in satan's own garden," said Will. He glanced about. "I dont suppose there's a dog I could feed it to?"
"There dont seem to be any pets about," Jem-who loved animals, even the inglorious and ill-tempered Church-observed.
"Probably all poisened by parsnips," said Will.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
“Blue does not go with everything," Will told her. "It does not go with red, for instance."
"I have a red and blue stripped waistcoat, " henry interjected, reaching for the peas.
"And if that isn't proof that those two colours should not be seen together under Heaven, i dont know what is."
"Will," Charlotte said sharply. "Dont speak to Henry like that. Henry-" Henry raised his head.
"Yes?" Charlotte sighed.
"Thats Jessamine's plate your spooning peas onto not yours. Do pay attention, darling.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
“I've never swum naked in the Thames, but I know I wouldn't like it."
"But think how entertaining for sightseers," said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to hide the quick flash of his grin.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
“- Allora vengo. Non ho mai preso un treno.
Will alzò le braccia al cielo. - Vieni perché non hai mai preso un treno prima d'ora? - Si - confermò Tessa, sapendo quanto il suo atteggiamento calmo lo facesse impazzire. - Mi piacerebbe prenderne uno, moltissimo.
- I treni sono grandi cose sudice - disse Will. - Non ti piacerà.
Tessa fu irremovibile. - Finché non avrò provato non posso sapere se mi piacerà o meno, no?”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
“Porque el amor es tan fuerte como la muerte.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
“Estamos atados a este mundo por una cadena de oro, y no nos atrevemos a cortarla por miedo a lo que haya después de la caída.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
“Porque si no hay nadie en el mundo a quien le importes, ¿realmente existes?”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
Cassandra Clare
Born place: Teheran, Iran
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“I wondered how many people there were in the world who suffered, and continued to suffer, because they could not break out from their own web of shyness and reserve, and in their blindness and folly built up a great distorted wall in front of them that hid the truth.”
― Daphne du Maurier, quote from Rebecca
“Look at everything always as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time: Thus is your time on earth filled with glory.”
― Betty Smith, quote from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
“People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back.”
― Alice Walker, quote from The Color Purple
“Did you know", Matilda said suddenly, "that the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of six hundred and fifty times a second?"
I did not," Miss Honey said smiling. "How absolutely fascinating. Where did you read that?"
In a book from the library," Matilda said. "And that means it goes so fast that you can't even hear the separate beats. It must sound like a buzz."
It must," Miss Honey said.”
― Roald Dahl, quote from Matilda
“Don't laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God's sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason.”
― Louisa May Alcott, quote from Little Women
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