Quotes From "Clockwork Prince" By Cassandra Clare

I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you. Cassandra Clare

Must I go bound while you go free Must I love a manwho doesn't love me Must I be born with so little art As to love a man who'll break my Heart Cassandra Clare

She had never imagined she had the power to make someone else so happy. And not a magical power, either--a purely human one. Cassandra Clare

Trains are great dirty smoky things, " said Will. "You won't like it." Tessa was unmoved. "I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?" "I've never swum naked in the Thames before, 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

He gazed amusedly down the table at Tessa. “You’re the shape-changer, aren’t you?” he said. “Magnus Bane told me about you. No mark on you at all, they say.” Tessa swallowed and looked him straight in the eye. They were discordantly human eyes, ordinary in his extraordinary face. “No. No mark.” He grinned around his fork. “I do suppose they’ve looked everywhere?” “I’m sure Will’s tried, ” said Jessamine in a bored tone. Cassandra Clare

Tessa: I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?"Will: "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

Will sat where he was, gazing at the silver bowl in front of him; a white rose was floating in it, and he seemed prepared to stare at it until it went under. In the Kitchen Bridget was still singing one of her awful sad songs; the lyrics drifted in through the door: "Twas on an evening fair I went to take the air, I heard a maid making her moan; Said, 'Saw ye my father? Or ye my mother? Or saw ye my brother John? Or saw ye the lad that I love best, And his name it is Sweet William?" I may murder her, Tessa thought. Let her make a song about that. Cassandra Clare

If I was harsh with you, it was because I cannot bear to see you treat yourself as if you are worth nothing. Whatever part you might act to the contrary, I see you as you really are, my blood brother. Not just better than you pretend to be, but better than most people could hope to be. Cassandra Clare

Beauty is harsh. Cassandra Clare

It was books that kept me from taking my own life after I thought I could never love anyone, never be loved by anyone again. Will Harondale

I cannot explain love. I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or fourth. But I remember the first moment I looked at you walking toward me and realized that somehow the rest of the world seemed to vanish when I was with you. That you were the center of everything I did and felt and thought. Cassandra Clare

Sometimes he wondered if he did these things just to test himself. To see if the feelings had gone. But they had not. When he saw her, he wanted to be with her; when he was with her, he ached to touch her; when he touched even her hand, he wanted to embrace her. He wanted to feel her against him the way he had in the attic. He wanted to know the taste of her skin and the smell of her hair. He wanted to make her laugh. He wanted to sit and listen to her talk about books until his ears fell off. But all these things he could not want, because they were things he could not have, and wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness. Cassandra Clare

I would die for you. You know that. I would die without you. If it were not for you, I would be dead a hundred times over these past five years. Cassandra Clare

Will stared down at his hands. "My whole life wrecked, destroyed..." "You're seventeen, " Magnus said. "You can't have wrecked a life you've barely lived. Cassandra Clare

Because women never say what they think. Cassandra Clare

Will’s voice dropped. “Everyone makes mistakes, Jem.”“Yes, ” said Jem. “You just make more of them than most people.”“ I –”“You hurt everyone, ” said Jem. “Everyone whose life you touch.”“ Not you, ” Will whispered. “I hurt everyone but you. I never meant tohurt you.” Jem put his hands up, pressing his palms against his eyes. “Will –”“You can’t never forgive me, ” Will said in disbelief, hearing thepanic tinging his own voice. “I’d be –”“Alone?” Jem lowered his hand, but he was smiling now, crookedly. “Andwhose fault is that? . Cassandra Clare

It was books that made me feel that perhaps I wasn't completely alone. Cassandra Clare

...wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness. Cassandra Clare

Eggs, " said Henry dreamily, looking at his plate. "I do love eggs. I could eat them all day. Cassandra Clare

Until death, " Jem replied gently. "Those are the words of the oath. 'Until aught but death part thee and me.' Someday, Will, I will go where none can follow me, and I think it will be sooner rather than later. Have you ever asked yourself why I agreed to be your parabatai?"" No better offers forthcoming?" Will tried for humor, but his voice cracked like glass." I thought you needed me, " Jem said. "There is a wall you have built about yourself, Will, and I have never asked you why. But no one should shoulder every burden alone. I thought you would let me inside if I became your parabatai, and then you would have at least someone to lean upon. I did wonder what my death would mean for you. I used to fear it, for your sake. I feared you would be left alone inside that wall. But now.. something has changed. I do not know why. But I know that it is true."" That what is true?" Will's fingers were still digging into Jem's wrist. "That the wall is coming down. Cassandra Clare

Tessa never could look at him without a tightening in her chest, a painful stutter of her heart. Cassandra Clare

Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind. Cassandra Clare

Could you really love two different people at once? Could you split your heart in half? Cassandra Clare

[Jem] looked from Will to Tessa and raised his silvery eyebrows. "A miracle, " he said. "You got him to speak."" Just to shout at me, really, " said Tessa. "Not quite loaves and fishes. Cassandra Clare

Will-, " Tessa began but it was too late, Church made a yowling noise at being woken, and lashed out with his claws. Will began to swear. Tessa left, unable to hide the slightest of smiles as she went. Cassandra Clare

It will have to be Jem. He's impossible to hate. Even that devil cat likes him. Cassandra Clare

Jem put the full force of himself into each smile, so that he seemed to be smiling with his eyes, his heart, his whole being. Cassandra Clare

Will: 'Singing the praises of our fair city? We treat you well here, don't we, James? I doubt I'd have that kind of luck in Shanghai. What do you call us there again?' Jem: 'Yang guizi ... foreign devils. Cassandra Clare

I don’t think Will Herondale and a sense of responsibility are even on speaking terms Cassandra Clare

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-- . Cassandra Clare

Wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness Cassandra Clare

Demon pox, oh demon pox Just how is it acquired? One must go down to the bad part of town Until one is very tired. Demon pox, oh demon pox, I had it all along– Not the pox, you foolish blocks, I mean this very song– For I was right, and you were wrong! "" Will! " Charlotte shouted over the noise, "Have you LOST YOUR MIND? CEASE THAT INFERNAL RACKET! Jem–" Jem, rising to his feet, clapped his hands over Will's mouth. "Do you promise to be quiet?" he hissed into his friend's ear. Will nodded, blue eyes blazing. Tessa was staring at him in amazement; they all were. She had seen Will many things–amused, bitter, condescending, angry, pitying–but never giddy before. Jem let him go. "All right, then." Will slid to the floor, his back against the armchair, and threw up his arms. "A demon pox on all your houses! " he announced, and yawned." Oh, God, weeks of pox jokes, " said Jem. "We're in for it now. . Cassandra Clare

Oh, leave it, ” said Jem, kicking Will, not without affection, lightly on the ankle. “She’s annexed my plan! ” “Will, ” Tessa said firmly. “Do you care more about the plan being enacted or about getting credit for it?” Will pointed a finger at her. “That, ” he said. “The second one. Cassandra Clare

Lord, you're Irish, " said Will. "Can you make things that don't have potatoes in them? We had an Irish cook once when I was a boy. Potato pie, potato custard, potatoes with potato sauce... Cassandra Clare

Demon pox, oh, demon pox, Just how is it acquired? One must go down to the bad part of town Until one is very tired. Demon pox, oh, demon pox I had it all along– No, not the pox, you foolish blocks, I mean this very song– For I was right, and you were wrong! Cassandra Clare

If I might make a suggestion, ” said Will. “About twenty paces behind us, in the Council room, is Benedict. If you’d like to go back in there and try kicking him, I recommend aiming upward and a bit to the left– Cassandra Clare

Dear God, woman, "said Will. "Are there any questions you don't want to know the answer to? Cassandra Clare