Clockwork Angel Quotes

• Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.

  Cassandra Clare

  Done, Matter, Reason

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Clockwork Angel”, p.290, Simon and Schuster

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• Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

  Cassandra Clare

  Angel, Devil, Made

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Clockwork Angel”, p.322, Simon and Schuster

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• Will: "Nice place to live, isn't it? Let's hope they left something behind other than filth. Forwarding addresses, a few severed limbs, a prostitute or two ..." Jem: "Indeed. Perhaps, if we're fortunate, we can still catch syphilis." "Or demon pox," Will suggested cheerfully, trying the door under the stairs.

  Cassandra Clare

  Nice, Doors, Two

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• There was a time I thought I was a ferret.

  Cassandra Clare

  Ferrets, Gabriel Lightwood

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Clockwork Angel”, p.268, Simon and Schuster

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• There's plenty of sense in nonsense sometimes, if you wish to look for it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Life, Wish, Looks

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.89, Simon and Schuster

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• For that was love, wasnt it--to burn bright in someone else's eyes?

  Cassandra Clare

  Eye, Clockwork Prince, Jem Carstairs

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• One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

  Cassandra Clare

  Inspirational, Book, Healing

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• Whatever you are physically,' he said, 'Male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy -- all those things matter less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of a warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same. You are the flame.

  Cassandra Clare

  Strong, Heart, Warrior

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.283, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Character, Want

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.- William Herondale

  Cassandra Clare

  Ducks, Littles, Never Trust

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• It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love You, Long, Love Someone

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.283, Simon and Schuster

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• Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

  Cassandra Clare

  Inspirational, Funny, Book

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?" Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be." He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

  Cassandra Clare

  May, Scandal, Sides

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• Remember when you tried to convince me to feed a poultry pie to the mallards in the park to see if you could breed a race of cannibal ducks?" "They ate it too," Will reminisced. "Bloodthirsty little beasts. Never trust a duck.

  Cassandra Clare

  Race, Ducks, Pie

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

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• Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?

  Cassandra Clare

  Hate, Healing, Chocolate

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• A little girl robbed you?" Tessa said. "Actually, she wasn’t a little girl at all, as it turns out, but a midget in a dress with a penchant for violence, who goes by the name of Six-Fingered Nigel." "Easy mistake to make," Jem said.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Mistake, Names

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Clockwork Angel”, p.107, Simon and Schuster

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• Will rolled up his sleeves. "We'll probably have to knock down the door--" "Or," said Jem, reaching out and giving the knob a twist, "not." The door swung open onto a rectangle of darkness. "Now, that's simply laziness," said Will.

  Cassandra Clare

  Doors, Giving, Darkness

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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• Dear me. Such harsh truths so early in the morning cannot be good for the digestion.

  Cassandra Clare

  Morning, Digestion, Harsh

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.115, Simon and Schuster

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• He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

  Cassandra Clare

  Scandal, Sides, Companionship

  Cassandra Clare (2010). “Clockwork Angel”, p.268, Simon and Schuster

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• How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mean, Eye, Giving

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.326, Simon and Schuster

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• Inanimate objects are harmless indeed, Mr. Mortmain. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them.

  Cassandra Clare

  Men, Inanimate Objects, Use

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.147, Simon and Schuster

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• One must always be careful of books.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Infernal Devices, Shadowhunters

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• I do not believe you can threaten people into goodness.” - Jem Carstairs

  Cassandra Clare

  Believe, People, Goodness

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• Must you go? I was rather hoping you'd stay and be a ministering angel, but if you must go, you must." "I'll stay," Will said a bit crossly, and threw himself down in the armchair Tessa had just vacated. "I can minister angelically." "None too convincingly. And you're not as pretty to look at as Tessa is," Jem said, closing his eyes as he leaned back against the pillow. "How rude. Many who have gazed upon me have compared the experience to gazing at the radiance of the sun." Jem still had his eyes closed. "If they mean it gives you a headache, they aren't wrong.

  Cassandra Clare

  Mean, Eye, Angel

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• I know you feel inhuman, and as if you are set apart, away from life and love, but... I promise you, the right man won't care.

  Cassandra Clare

  Life And Love, Men, Promise

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.444, Simon and Schuster

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