Hugo Attacked Me." Clary Tried Not To Wince As The Astringent Liquid Stung Her Wounds. Hugo?" Luke Blinked. Hodge's Bird. I Think It Was His Bird, Anyway. Maybe It Was Valentine's." Hugin," Luke Said Softly. "hugin And Munin Were Valentine's Pet Birds. Their Names Mean 'thought' And 'memory.'" Well They Should Mean 'attack' And 'kill,'" Said Clary. "hugo Almost Tore My Eyes Out.

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Past

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House

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Wall

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Hair

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Might

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Sweet

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Dull

Waste

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Velvet

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Inspirational

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Book

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Forever

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Demon

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Blood

Expectations

Vampire

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Valentine

Grieving

Should Have

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Dating

Warlocks

Happens

Tell Me You Love Me. Tell Me You Love Me And Will Fight With Me.

Fighting

Tell Me You Love Me

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Ashes

World

Whole

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Girl

Mistake

Dark

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Real

Eye

Saws

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Warrior

Night

Ideas

And Therefor," Said Magnus "we Must Go." Will Blinked At Him. "go Where?" "don't Worry About That Right Now, My Love." Will Blinked Again. "pardon?

Worry

Pardon

Said

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Silly

Eye

Dark

You're A Public Menace. You Shouldn't Be Allowed Out On Your Own.

Menace

City Of Fallen Angels

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Light

Bridges

Rivers

Well, You Know, Your Mom Gets Like This Sometimes," Simon Said. "like When She Breathes In Or Out.

Mom

Sometimes

Breathe

Dear Alec & Magnus, It's Izzy. Got Your Card. Glad You're Having Fun. Nothing's Happening Here-clary's Mom Is Marrying Some Werewolf. I Think You Guys Should Get Married Too. I'm Thinking About Planing It. I Love Planing Parties. -isabelle

Mom

Fun

Party

It Could Have Been The Whole Thing Where You Stabbed Him.

Whole

Could Have Been

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I Do Not Believe You Can Threaten People Into Goodness.” - Jem Carstairs

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If Only Simon Were Here. He Could Probably Bore You To Sleep.

Sleep

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Bores

Raphael Snapped, "this Isn't Funny." "that's Why No One's Laughing." -raphael & Jace, Pg.272-

Laughing

Jace

Raphael

This One Incident I Will Not Allow You To Shrug Off!" "i Wasn't Planning To," Jace Said. "i Can't Shrug Anything Off. My Shoulder's Dislocated." -hodge & Jace, Pg.296-

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Said

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Thinking

Names

Feet

Tessa Had Begun To Tremble. This Is What She Had Always Wanted Someone To Say. What She Had Always, In The Darkest Corner Of Her Heart, Wanted Will To Say. Will, The Boy Who Loved The Same Books She Did, The Same Poetry She Did, Who Made Her Laugh Even When She Was Furious. And Here He Was Standing In Front Of Her, Telling Her He Loved The Words Of Her Heart, The Shape Of Her Soul. Telling Her Something She Had Never Imagined Anyone Would Ever Tell Her. Telling Her Something She Would Never Be Told Again, Not In This Way. And Not By Him. And It Did Not Matter. "it's Too Late", She Said.

Book

Heart

Boys

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Determination

Thinking

Practice

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Suicide

Thinking

Two

Do You Miss Wales?” Tessa Inquired. Will Shrugged Lightly. “what’s To Miss? Sheep And Singing,” He Said. “and The Ridiculous Language. Fe Hoffwn I Fod Mor Feddw, Fyddai Ddim Yn Cofio Fy Enw.” “what Does That Mean?” “it Means ‘i Wish To Get So Drunk I No Longer Remember My Own Name,’ Quite Useful.

Mean

Sheep

Names

Magnus Didn't Really Want This Kind Of Thing This Early In The Morning - This Talk Of Aching Memories And Wanting To Forget. This Conversation Needed To End, Now.

Morning

Memories

Want

There Is Nothing Quite Like The Moral Absolutism Of The Young." -hodge

Moral Absolutism

Absolutism

Moral

Raziel's Sixty Feet Tall?" "actually, He's Only Fifty-nine Feet Tall, But He Likes To Exaggerate," Said Magnus. Isabelle Clicked Her Tongue In Annoyance. "valentine Raised An Angel In His Cellar. I Don't See Why You Need All This Space - " "because Valentine Is Just Way More Awesome Than Me.

Valentine

Angel

Feet

If The Marriage Were Valid, She'd Be Your Sister-in-law.

Sister In Law

Law

Ifs

...we Die, We Turn, We Are Reborn As We Deserve To Be Reborn, Based On Our Doings In This World." Will Looked Down At His Bitten Nails. "i Will Probably Be Reborn As A Slug That Someone Salts.

Nails

Slugs

World

For Free Will Is What Makes Us Heaven's Creatures.

Heaven

Free Will

Creatures

How Awfully Convenient For You, Regardless. And For Him. He Won't Have To Worry About You Spilling His Secrets." "yeah," Jace Said. "he's Terrified I'll Tell Everyone That He's Always Wanted To Be A Ballerina.

Worry

Secret

Ballerina

Doing The Right Thing Because You Love Someone Sucks Sometimes.

Sometimes

Love Someone

Doing The Right Thing

If You Lay One Hand On Simon, Vampire, I'll Have You Chopped Up Into Tiny Pieces And Fed To My Cat. Understand?

Cat

Hands

Vampire

Be What You Are. No One Who Really Loves You Will Stop

Love You

Simon Lewis

Luke Garroway

Looking At Her, He Was In London Again. He Saw The Gaslight And Smelled The Smoke And Dirt And Horses, The Metallic Tang Of Fog, The Flowers In Kew Gardens. He Saw A Boy With Black Hair And Blue Eyes Like Alec's. A Girl With Long Brown Curls And A Serious Face. In A World Where Everything Went Away From Him Eventually, She Was One Of The Few Remaining Constants.

Girl

Horse

Flower

Kill Me, Little Sister. Kill Me And You Kill Jace, Too.

Little Sister

Littles

Jace

As Long As There Was Coffee In The World, How Bad Could Things Be?

Coffee

Optimistic

Long

You Think She’ll Be Able To Talk Sense Into Him?” She Asked. “his Sister?” "if He Listens To Anyone, It Would Be Her.” “that’s Sweet,” Said Maia. “that He Loves His Sister Like That.” “yeah,” Simon Said. “it’s Precious

Sweet

Thinking

Would Be

A Great Sadness Welled Up In Magnus At The Sight Of Him. It Was Human To Age And Die, And Jem Stood Outside That Humanity Now, Outside The Light That Burned So Brightly And So Briefly. It Was Cold Outside That Light And Fire. No One Had Greater Cause To Know That Cold Than Magnus Did.

Sadness

Fire

Light

It Doesn't Hurt." "but My Eyes Do," Said A Coolly Amused Voice From The Doorway. Jace. He Had Come In So Quietly That Even Simon Hadn't Heard Him; Closing The Door Behind Him, He Grinned As Isabelle Pulled Simon's Shirt Down. "molesting The Vampire While He's Too Weak To Fight Back, Iz?" He Asked. "i'm Pretty Sure That Violates At Least One Of The Accords." "i'm Just Showing Him Where He Got Stabbed," Isabelle Protested, But She Scooted Back To Her Chair With A Certain Amount Of Haste.

Hurt

Eye

Fighting

But It Was Mortality That Made Them What They Were, The Flame That Blazed Brighter For It's Flickering

Flames

Mortality

Made

She Jerked Hastily Back To Avoid Stepping On It, And Her Shoulder Bumped His--he Put A Hand Out To Steady Her, Just As She Turned To Apologize And Then She Was Somehow In The Circle Of His Arm And He Was Kissing Her.

Kissing

Hands

Circles

For Our Purposes You Can Consider It A Small Country Between Germany And France." "but There Isn't Anything Between Germany And France. Except Switzerland." "precisely," Said Jace.

Country

Switzerland

Germany

Right. Vampires. But How Do They Get Inside?" "they Fly" ... "we Dont Fly," Clary Felt Impelled To Point Out. "no," Jace Agreed. "we Dont Fly. We Break And Enter." ... "flying Sounds Like More Fun." -clary & Jace, Pg.258-

Fun

Flying

Vampire

You're Staring At Me," Simon Said. "why Are You Staring At Me? Have I Got Something On My Face?

Faces

Said

Staring

How Are You Feeling?" "like Someone Massaged Me With A Cheese Grater." -clary & Simon, Pg.297-

Feelings

Cheese

Everything We Need To Know Is Locked Up In Your Head, Under Those Pretty Red Curls." Clary Reached Up To Touch Her Hair Protectively. "i Dont Think-" "so What Are You Going To Do?" Simon Asked Sharply. "cut Her Head Open To Get At It?

Cutting

Thinking

Hair

You Said There Was Nothing In The World You Wanted" The Queen's Eyes Glittered. "when You Imagine Your Life Without Him, Do You Still Feel The Same?

Queens

Eye

World

There's Plenty Of Sense In Nonsense Sometimes, If You Wish To Look For It.

Life

Wish

Looks

They Also Said She Was Unconscious And That Valentine Wasn’t Happy About It. He Seems To Be Waiting For Her To Wake Up.” “i’d Stay Unconscious If I Were Her,” Isabelle Muttered.

Valentine

Waiting

Wake Up

Jem Shook His Head. "you Bit De Quincey" He Said. "you Fool. He's A Vampire" "i Had No Choice" Said Will " He Was Choking Me" "i Know" Jem Said. " But Really Will, Again?

Choices

Vampire

Fool

We Are Not Here Just Because We Have Nowhere Else; We Need Nowhere Else, Because We Have The Institute, And Those Who Are In It Are Our Family.

Needs

Our Family

Institute

Look, It's Easy To Outsmart A Werewolf Or A Vampire," Jace Said. "they're No Smarter Than Anyone Else. But Faeries Live For Hundreds Of Years And They're As Cunning As Snakes. They Can't Lie, But They Love To Engage In Creative Truth-telling. They'll Find Out Whatever It Is You Want Most In The World And Give It To You—with A Sting In The Tail Of The Gift That Will Make You Regret You Ever Wanted It In The First Place." He Sighed. "they're Not Really About Helping People. More About Harm Disguised As Help.

Regret

Lying

Years

Don't Make It Sound Like That. Like Some Ordinary Sort Of Grief. It's Not Like That. They Say Time Heals All Wounds, But That Presumes The Source Of The Grief Is Finite. Over. This Is A Fresh Wound Every Day.

Grief

Sound

Ordinary

There Is No Cure For Fictional Character Love, But The Plus Side Is That It Is An Entirely Benign Disease With No Bad Side Effects.

Character

Disease

Sides

Tatiana's Eyes Were Huge And Poison-green, Eyes With Enough Pain In Them To Eat Away At A World And Devour A Soul.

Pain

Eye

Soul

Meanwhile,” Simon Added, “i Wanted To Tell You That Lately I‘ve Been Cross-dressing. Also, I‘m Sleeping With Your Mom. I Thought You Should Know.

Mom

Sleep

Bones

Will," She Said Softly, Sleepily. "last Night--" You Were Kind To Me, She Was Going To Say. Thank You. The Glare From His Blue Eyes Stabbed Through Her. "there Was No Last Night," He Said Through His Teeth. At That, She Sat Up Straight, Almost Awake. "oh, Truly? We Just Went Right From One Afternoon On Through Till The Next Morning? How Odd No One Else Remarked On It. I Should Think It Some Miracle, A Day With No Night--

Morning

Eye

Night

Did You Ever Think That In A Past Life Alec Was An Old Woman With Ninety Cats Who Was Always Yelling At The Neighborhood Kids To Get Off Her Lawn? Because I Do.

Cat

Kids

Past

That Jem Makes Beautiful Things And I Destroy Them. That It Really Ought To Be Me Dying And Not Him. I Mean, What's The Point Of Living If You Can't Even Enjoy It? Yet Jem Enjoys All The Life He's Got. It's Not Fair.

Beautiful

Mean

Dying

He Bent To Put His Cheek Against Hers. His Breath Against Her Ear Made Her Shudder With Each Deliberately Spoken Word. "i Have Wanted To Do This," He Said, "every Moment Of Every Hour Of Every Day That I Have Been With You Since The Day I Met You.

Ears

Moments

Hours

Magnus Shrugged. "he Also Made Inappropriate Amorous Advances To A Startled Grandmotherly Sort Selling Flowers, An Irish Wolfhound, And Innocent Hat Stand In A Dwelling He Broke Into, And Myself.

Flower

Dwelling

Hats

I Don't Know How To Live In The World As A Shadowhunter Without Will. I Don't Think I Even Want To. I Am Still A Parabatai, But My Other Half Is Gone.

Thinking

Gone

Half

We Live And Breathe Words. It Was Books That Kept Me From Taking My Own Life After I Thought I Could Never Love Anyone, Never Be Loved Again. It Was Books That Made Me Feel That Perhaps I Was Not Completely Alone. They Could Be Honest With Me, And I With Them.

Book

Honest

Breathe

Jem Drew Back From Her, Looking Dazed. "by The Angel," He Said. "perhaps We Do Need A Chaperon.

Angel

Needs

Said

I Get No Sense From His Note At All,” Said Will, Bounding To His Feet, “except That He Can Quote Tennyson’s Lesser Poetry. Sophie, How Quickly Can You Have Tessa Ready?” “half An Hour,” Said Sophie, Not Looking Up From The Dress. “meet Me In The Courtyard In Half An Hour, Then,” Said Will. “i’ll Wake Cyril. And Be Prepared To Swoon At My Finery.

Feet

Dresses

Sophie

Hey, Pretty Thing," He Said. "what's In The Bag?" "holy Water," Said Jace, Reappearing Beside Her As If He'd Been Conjured Up Like A Genie. A Sarcastic Blond Genie With A Bad Attitude. "oooh, A Shadowhunter," Said The Vampire. "scary." With A Wink He Melted Back Into The Crowd. "vampires Are Such Prima Donnas," Magnus Sighed From The Doorway. "honestly, I Don't Know Why I Have These Parties." "because Of Your Cat," Clary Reminded Him. Magnus Perked Up. "that's True. Chairman Meow Deserves My Every Effort.

Sarcastic

Attitude

Party

He Looked Back At Her, And When She Saw The Look On His Face, She Saw His Eyes At Renwick’s, When He Had Watched The Portal That Separated Him From His Home Shatter Into A Thousand Irretrievable Pieces. He Held Her Gaze For A Split Second, Then Looked Away From Her, The Muscles In His Throat Working.

Home

Eye

Looks

“ Turned You Gay?” She Sounded Incredulous. “ Alec, You Didn’ T Tell Me Gay?” She Sounded Incredulous. “ Alec, You Didn’ T Tell Me That.” “ I Hope You Told Him You Were Bitten By A Gay Spider,” Said Simon.

Gay

Spiders

Lost Souls

I Don't Know How I Could Sleep At Night, Not Knowing I Was Surrounded By A Thousand Other Sleeping, Dreaming Souls. - Pg 120, Jem To Tessa & Will

Dream

Sleep

Night

One Finds Nobility In The Oddest Places.

Nobility

"is Standing By The Window Muttering About Blood Something He Does All The Time?" Asked Simon. "no," Jace Said. "sometimes He Sits On The Couch And Does It."

Blood

Doe

Silhouettes

Hello, Hello.” Magnus Swept Toward Them..."alec, My Darling, Clary. And Rat-boy." He Swept A Bow Toward Simon, Who Looked Annoyed. "to What Do I Owe The Pleasure?" "we Came To See Jace," Clary Said. "is He All Right?" "i Don’t Know," Magnus Said. "does He Normally Just Lie On The Floor Like That Without Moving?" "what –," Alec Began, And Broke Off As Magnus Laughed. "that’s Not Funny." "you’re So Easy To Tease. And Yes, Your Friend Is Just Fine. Well, Except That He Keeps Putting All My Things Away And Trying To Clean Up. Now I Can’t Find Anything. He’s Compulsive.

Lying

Moving

Boys

Jace Is In Love With The Idea Of Dying,” Said Isabelle.

Ideas

Dying

Jace

Being A Silent Brother Is Life, Clary Fray. But If You Mean I Remember My Life Before The Brotherhood, I Do. Clary Took A Deep Breath. “were You Ever In Love? Before The Brotherhood? Was There Ever Anyone You Would Have Died For?” There Was A Long Silence. Then: Two People, Said Brother Zachariah. There Are Memories That Time Does Not Erase, Clarissa. Ask Your Friend Magnus Bane, If You Do Not Believe Me. Forever Does Not Make Loss Forgettable, Only Bearable.

Brother

Memories

Believe

A Parabatai. Like He Was. And Jace Knew, Too, What That Faded Rune Meant: A Parabatai Whose Other Half Was Dead. He Felt His Sympathy Leap Toward Brother Zachariah, As He Imagined Himself Without Alec, With Only That Faded Rune To Remind Him Where Once He Had Been Bonded To Someone Who Knew All The Best And Worst Parts Of His Soul.

Brother

Soul

Half

You Ask A Lot Of Questions, Don't You?" "my Brother Always Says Curiosity Is My Besetting Sin.

Brother

Curiosity

Sin

I'll Take Shadowhunter, Then. Because From What I've Experienced Of Vampires, You Mostly Suck. No Pun Intended.

Vampire

Shadowhunters

Pun

Simon Grinned. "you've Never Heard Of Dungeons And Dragons?" "i've Heard Of Dungeons," Jace Said. "also Dragons. Although They're Mostly Extinct.

Dragons

Dungeons

Jace

Yes," Said Will, "you Two Don't Seem To Have Much In Common, Save For A Penchant For Demon Women And Evil.

Two

Evil

Common

Stop It," He Hissed In Her Ear. "you'll Just Make It Worse For Yourself. It's Better If You Don't Look." "like You Do?" She Hissed Back. "shutting Your Eyes And Pretending Something's Not Happening Doesn't Make It Not True, Jace. You Ought To Know Better-

Eye

Looks

Ears

I Must Say, I Rather Like The Way You Manage Will.

Way

Manage

I'm Afraid To Answer That. I've Heard That When I Speak, It Makes American Women Wish To Strike Me With Umbrellas.

Wish

Answers

Speak

Is That What You Are Doing? Enduring? Surely An Engaged Woman Should Be Happier.” His Light Eyes Raked Her. “a Heart Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand, As They Say. You Love Them Both, And It Tears You Apart.

It's The Mortal Cup Jace, Not The Mortal Toilet Bowl.

Toilets

Cups

Bones

What?” Simon Looked Alarmed. ”i‘m Not Really Sleeping With Your Mom, You Know. I Was Just Trying To Get Your Attention. Not That Your Mom Isn’t A Very Attractive Woman For Her Age.

Mom

Sleep

Age

You Know, When Most Girls Say They Want A Big Rock, They Don't Mean, You Know, Literally A Big Rock." "very Amusing, My Sarcastic Friend. It's Not A Rock, Precisely. All Shadowhunters Have A Witchlight Rune-stone.

Girl

Sarcastic

Mean

Though Alec Had Never Seen The Occupants Of The First Floor Loft, They Seemed To Be Engaged In A Tempestuous Romance. Once There Had Been A Bunch Of Someone's Belongings Strewn All Over The Landing With A Note Attached To A Jacket Lapel Addressed To "a Lying Liar Who Lies." Right Now There Was A Bouquet Of Flowers Taped To The Door With A Card Tucked Among The Blooms That Read I'm Sorry. That Was The Thing About New York: You Always Knew More About Your Neighbors' Business Than You Wanted To.

New York

Sorry

Liars

He's My Neophyte Downworlder To Mock And Boss Around, Not Yours.

Boss

Fallen Angels

Jace

I Will Add That I Do Not Believe His Admiration Of My Person, Dazzling Through I Am, To Be Sincere. He Told Me I Was A Beautiful, Sparkling Lady.

Beautiful

Believe

Add

Moreover, I Wish To Assure You Both That I Did Not Make Any Amorous Advances On Female Monkeys.

Wish

Female

Monkeys

Jace Shook His Blond Head In Exasperation. "you Had To Make A Crazy Jail Friend, Didn't You? You Couldn't Just Count Ceiling Tiles Or Tame A Pet Mouse Like Normal Prisoners Do?

Crazy

Jail

Pet

That Does It," Said Jace. "i'm Going To Get You A Dictionary For Christmas This Year." "why?" Isabelle Said. "so You Can Look Up 'fun.' I'm Not Sure You Know What It Means.

Fun

Humor

Mean

I Hope You Told Him You Were Bitten By A Gay Spider.

Gay

Spiders

Lost Souls

Clary Wondered What Exactly Peanut-fish-olive-tomato Soup Tasted Like.

Tomatoes

Soup

Olives

I'm A Werewolf, Not A Golden Retriever.

Golden Retrievers

Werewolf

Luke

Everyone Has Something They Can't Live Without.

Are You In Fashion? You Look Like You're In Fashion." "no," [magnus] Said. "i Am Fashion.

Fashion

Looks

Like You

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.

Dream

Pain

Tired

Jem Is My Greatest Sin.

Sin

Jem

Will Herondale

Will Has Always Been The Brighter Burning Star, The One To Catch Attention — But Jem Is A Steady Flame, Unwavering And Honest. He Could Make You Happy.

Stars

Flames

Attention

Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

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