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Cassandra Clare is a renowned American author, best known for her young adult fantasy novel series, 'The Mortal Instruments'. Her works blend elements of magic, romance, and adventure, captivating young readers worldwide.

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Famous Cassandra Clare Quotes

“You can see where it was, years ago. Like an old woman who was once beautiful, but time has taken her beauty away.”

Years Beautiful Taken Years Ago Old Woman Her Beauty

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass

“It will bring you light even among the darkest shadows of this world and others”

World Light This World Shadow Jace

Book:City of Bones

Source: City of Bones

“Tea. I find that both settles the stomach and concentrates the mind. Wonderful drink, tea.”

Mind Wonderful Drink Tea Settling Stomach

Author:Cassandra Clare

“Whither thou goest, I will go; Where thou diest, will I die And there will I be buried: The Angel do so to me, and more also, If aught but death part thee and me.”

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Hmph," she said. "I'd like to see you learn how to manage sitting and standing up straight in stays and petticoats and a dress with a foot's worth of train!" "So would I," said Gideon from across the room.”

Said Rooms Feet Sitting Standing Dresses Train Manage Gideon Gabriel Lightwood Gideon Lightwood

Book:Clockwork Prince

Source: Clockwork Prince

“I love you, Clary," he said without looking at her. He was staring out into the church, at the row of lighted candles, their fold reflected in his eyes. "More than I ever--" He broke off. "God. More than I probably should. You know that, don't you?”

Knows Should Said Eye Church Love You Broke Staring His Eyes Candle Folds

Author:Cassandra Clare

“He was a vampire now. He was supposed to have eternity. But what he had was days.”

Eternity Vampire

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“Your life is yours to live as you choose.”

Life Is You Choose

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Your plans are suicidal. At best.”

Plans Suicidal

Book:City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Clary's mother apparently reguarded him as about as sexually threatening as a goldfish.”

Mother Threatening Sexually Goldfish

Author:Cassandra Clare

“Magnus, I wish I had the nerve to wear the kind of pants you do.”

Kind Wish Nerves Pants

Book:City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“Speaking of hope, did you see that shot Alec got off with his bow? That's my boyfriend." He beamed and wiggled his fingers; blue sparks shot from them. He shone all over. Only Magnus, Simon thought resignedly, would have access to sequined battle armor.”

Battle Shots Blue Fingers Access Sparks Bows Armor My Boyfriend

Book:City of Lost Souls

Source: City of Lost Souls

“It could have been the whole thing where you stabbed him.”

Has Beens Whole Could Have Been

Author:Cassandra Clare

“Now that you know the truth, you can never go back.”

Knows

Book:Clockwork Angel

Source: Clockwork Angel

“It's because you're too scared to tell anyone who you really love. Love makes us liars.”

Scared Liars

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost Souls

“Weakness and corruption isn't in the world," Clary snapped. "It's in people. And it always will be. The world just needs good people to balance it out. And you're planning to kill them all.”

People World Needs Balance Weakness Corruption Planning Good People

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass

“Will had laid down his heart for her and Jem to walk upon because he loved them more than he loved himself”

Heart Walks Jem

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“My mom says you only need three people you can rely on to achieve self-actualization.”

People Needs Self Three Achieve Mom My Mom Rely Self Actualization Actualization

Book:Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass

Source: Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass

“The boy was standing alone as though the broken glass all around him were a shining sea and he were an island.”

Boys Sea Broken Standing Shining Glasses Islands Standing Alone Broken Glass

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“Oh, I'll trust you," the boy told him carelessly. "It hardly matters. We are all betrayed sooner or later—all betrayed, or traitors." "I see that a flair for the dramatic runs in the blood," Magnus said under his breath.”

Said Matter Running Boys Blood Breaths Dramatic Sooner Or Later Betrayed Traitor Flair

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“Then I lost him for a brief period of time, and by the time I caught up with him, he had wandered into Hyde Park, waded into the Serpetine, spread his arms wide, and was shouting, 'Ducks, embrace me as your king!”

Lost Arms Kings Periods Embrace Caught Spread Wide Parks Ducks Caught Up Shouting Hyde Hyde Park

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“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.”

Made Flower Innocent Selling Broke Hats Dwelling Inappropriate Amorous

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“A Shadowhunter I believe you know send for me—Tatiana Blackthorn? The lady used to be a Lightwood, did she not?" Magnus turned to Will. "And your sister Cecily married her brother. Gilbert. Gaston. I have a shocking memory for Lightwoods." "I begged Cecily not to throw herself away on a Lightworm," Will muttered.”

Knows Believe Used I Believe Memories Brother Married Used To Be Shocking Shadowhunters Gaston

Author:Cassandra Clare

“How they loved each other, these three, how they had suffered for each another, and yet how much joy they clearly took from simply being in the same room.”

Joy Three Rooms

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“Hello, Uncle Brother Zachariah," James said without opening his eyes. "I would say that I'm sorry to bother you, but I'm sure this is the most excitement you've had all year. Not so lively in the City of Bones, now is it?" "James!" Will snapped. "Don't talk to Jem like that." "As if I am not used to badly behaved Herondales, Brother Zachariah said, in the way Jem had always tried to make peace between Will and the world.”

Ifs World Way Years Said Eye Used Cities Brother Sorry Bones Opening Bother Excitement His Eyes I'm Sorry Uncles Hello Lively Making Peace Jem Brother Zachariah

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“As Magnus turned to walk away from the church, he heard the sound of violin music carried to him on the cloudy London air, and remembered another night, a night of ghosts and snow and Christmas music, and Will standing on the steps of the Institute, watching Magnus as he went.”

Night Sound Church Walks Steps Heard Air Standing London Ghost Snow Remembered Violin Institute Cloudy Christmas Music

Author:Cassandra Clare

“Tatiana's eyes were huge and poison-green, eyes with enough pain in them to eat away at a world and devour a soul.”

World Soul Enough Eye Pain Huge Green Poison Green Eyes Enough Pain

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“James had given his heart to this girl, Magnus thought, and Magnus knew well enough from Edmund and Will what it meant when a Herondale gave his heart away. It was not a gift that could be returned.”

Wells Heart Enough Girl Given This Girl

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“Never trust a duck" - Will Herondale "We are bound, you and I, over the divide of death, down through whatever generations may come. Forever." - Will Herondale”

May Forever Generations Bounds Divides Ducks Will Herondale Never Trust

Author:Cassandra Clare

“Ladies who were no better than they should be, whose dresses were too tight, too bright and too all the things Magnus liked most, lounged on velvet-covered benches along the walls.”

Should Wall Dresses Covered Benches Velvet

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“[Will Herondale] would say he knew a warlock who was a better friend, and more worth trusting, than many a nephilim warrior.”

Warrior Will Herondale Warlocks Nephilim

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Being remembered, and remembered so kindly, touched him more than he would have thought possible.”

Remembered Touched

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Perhaps [James Herondale] loved vice for vice's own sake.”

Sake Vices

Author:Cassandra Clare

“Coaxing drunken Shadowhunters into making fools of themselves was a favorite occupation among the Downworlders, and this performance had been a tremendous success.”

Fool Performances Occupation Shadowhunters Ragnor Fell

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“Magnus began to be truly alarmed. Will's voice would have shaken, betraying that his cruelty had been part of his playacting, but his son's laugh was that of someone genuinely delighted by the chaos erupting all around him”

Voice Laughing Son Chaos Cruelty Betray Delighted

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“Ragnor [was] always happy to see chaos, but not be involved in it.”

Involved Chaos Always Happy Ragnor Fell

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“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.”

Believe Persons Beautiful Add Admiration Sincere Dazzling Sparkling

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“I decided it was well past time to take him home and place him in bosom of his family. If you had rather I put him in an orphanage, I fully understand.”

Ifs Wells Home Past Decided Bosoms Orphanage

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“Do stop flirting with my husband," said Tessa. "I shall not," Magnus declared, "but I will pause briefly so that I may catch up on your news.”

May Said Husband News My Husband Pauses Flirting Will Herondale

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“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.”

Knows Humans Light Age Humanity Dies Causes Fire Greater Sadness Cold Sight Burned Jem Cold Outside

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“The conviction that everyone in this house must be dead had gained such a hold on Magnus that it was a shock when the woman who had summoned him here opened the door.”

House Doors Conviction Shock

Book:Clockwork Princess

Source: Clockwork Princess

“It was, of course, odd for a lady to be opening her own door, but from the look of the place, Magnus assumed the entire staff of servants had been given the decade off.”

Looks Courses Given Doors Decades Opening Odd Servant Staff

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“She seemed shy, yet all her attention was focused on Magnus, as if he were the most fascinating thing she had ever seen. There was no man who did not want to see himself reflected like that in a beautiful girl's eyes.”

Ifs Men Want Eye Beautiful Girl Attention Focused Fascinating Shy Beautiful Girl

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“[Magnus] reminded himself of his manners, and bowed. "Charmed," he said. "Or whatever effect would please you best, I'm sure.”

Said Effects Please Manners Charmed

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“She seemed like a creature made to attract everyone and express nothing real, though it would take a master observer, like Magnus, to know it.”

Knows Made Real Masters Creatures Observers

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“Magic or nature, they were much the same thing to Magnus.”

Magic

Book:The Midnight Heir

Source: The Midnight Heir

“Let me say to you what I said once, in an entirely different context to Catherine the Great," Magnus declared. "My dear lady, you cannot afford me,and also, please leave that horse alone. Good night.”

Said Different Night Please Let Me Horse Dear Good Night

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“If you do not intend to help us," she said, "then leave this house. Dawn is coming." "I am not a vampire." Magnus said. "I shall not disappear with the light" "You will if I kill you before the sun comes up.”

Ifs Said Helping Light House Sun Come Up Disappear Vampire Dawn

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“No matter what the price offered, no Downworlder would fail to listen to a warning against one of the nephilim.”

Matter Failing No Matter What Warning Nephilim

Book:The Bane Chronicles

Source: The Bane Chronicles

“He didn't know what books meant to her, that books were symbols of truth and meaning.”

Knows Book Symbols

Book:The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

Source: The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess

About the Author

Born: July 27, 1973
Known for: Author
Quotes: 3609

Books & Sources

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instruments Series (5 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels, City of Lost SoulsRelated source material

The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork PrincessRelated source material

Clockwork PrincessRelated source material

City of Heavenly FireRelated source material

Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen AngelsRelated source material

City of Lost SoulsRelated source material

City of BonesRelated source material

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