Quotes from The Runaway Queen

“It was a very bad idea. It was a terrible idea. It was the worst idea he had ever heard. It was irresistible.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“He tried to learn seductive phrases in all languages, but the only Swedish he had ever really needed was, "Do you serve anything aside from pickled fish?" and "If you wrap me in furs, I can pretend to be your little fuzzy bear.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“Hello," Magnus said to the monkey. The monkey did not reply. "I shall call you Ragnor.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“Are you, monsieur, a man of your word?"
"It really depends upon the word," Magnus said. "There are so many wonderful words...”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“It was a bit warm. Still. If one could look this fabulous, one had an obligation to. One should wear everything, or one should wear nothing at all.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“Someday," Magnus said, looking at the crumpled royal person at his feet, "I must write my memoirs.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“It really was getting difficult to be wonderful.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“I'll need you to get a leash for my monkey, Claude, and also a hat."
"Of course, monsieur"
"Do you think he needs a little coat as well?"
"Perhaps not in this weather, monsieur."
"You are right," Magnus said with a sight. "Make it a simple dressing gown, just like mine."
"Which one, monsieur?"
"The one in rose and silver."
"Excellent choice, monsieur.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“Oh, the universe had outdone herself. The universe would be send flowers.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“If one could look this fabulous, one had an obligation to.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“There was no way possible [the queen] could have done all of the things the pamphleteers claimed. The crimes were too gross, too immoral and far too physically challenging. Magnus himself had never attempted half of them.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“When one steals a flying balloon and animates it to fly over Paris, one should, ideally, have some idea how said balloon normally works.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“It had been a whim, and there was nothing Magnus attached more importance to than a whim.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“How generous the universe could be, when he wanted to be!”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“In Paris one could have the eyes of a cat (as he did) and tell people it was a trick of fashion.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“Vampires, fey folk, werewolves, Shadowhunters, and demons - these things made sense to Magnus. But the mundane world - it seemed to have no pattern, no form. Their quicksilver politics. Their short lives...”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“One did not turn down an invitation from Saint Cloud. At least, one didn't if one wanted to continue living contentedly in Paris. Vampires took offense so easily - and Parisian vampires were the worst of all.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

“Magnus thought once again of the blue-eyed man standing in his parlor. Then he lit a match and burned the note.”
― Cassandra Clare, quote from The Runaway Queen

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