Jace Lightwood Quotes

• Hey," said Jace. who was sitting on an overturned speaker, looking at his cellphone, "do you want to see a photo of Alec and Magnus in Berlin?" "Not really," said Simon. "Magnus is wearing lederhosen." "And yet, still no.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sitting, Hey, Want

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• Jace perched on the windowsill and looked down at him. "You really don't get this bodyguard thing, do you?" "I didn't even think you liked me all that much," said Simon. "Is this one of those keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer things?" "I thought it was keep your friends close so you have someone to drive the car when you sneak over to your enemy's house a night and throw up in his mailbox." "I'm pretty sure that's not it

  Cassandra Clare

  Night, Thinking, Car

  Cassandra Clare (2015). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• They think they're better than everyone else." "No," said Jace. "I think I'm better than everyone else. An opinion that has been backed up with ample evidence." Kyle looked at Simon. "Does he always talk like this?" "Yes.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Doe, Opinion

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm always so glad I have no idea what you're vacantly chatting about," said Jace. It fills me with a sense of peace and well-being.

  Cassandra Clare

  Ideas, Fallen Angels, Jace

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.1530, Simon and Schuster

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• My heart tells me this is the best and greatest feeling I have ever had. But my mind knows the difference between wanting what you can’t have and wanting what you shouldn’t want. And I shouldn’t want you.

  Cassandra Clare

  Heart, Differences, Forbidden Love

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• What was that?" Jace said. "Sorry, I think I fell asleep for a moment. Do, continue with whatever mesmerizing thing you were saying.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sorry, Thinking, Moments

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.161, Simon and Schuster

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• You're the first Shadowhunter I've ever met." “That’s too bad,” said Jace, “since all the others you meet from now on will be a terrible letdown.

  Cassandra Clare

  Firsts, Fallen Angels, Jace

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• You're just worried they'll hire a male instructor and he'll be hotter than you." Jace's eyebrows went up. "Hotter than me?" "It could happen," Clary said, "You know, theoretically." "Theoretically the planet could suddenly crack in half, leaving me on one side and you on the other, forever and tragically parted, but I'm not worried about that either. Some things," Jace said, with his customary crooked smile, "are just too unlikely to dwell upon.

  Cassandra Clare

  Eyebrows, Forever, Leaving

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1350, Simon and Schuster

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• I suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff."- Clary "I was born amazing." - Jace

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  Stuff, Fallen Angels, Jace

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• You know, some people think Shadowhunters are just myths. Like mummies and genies." Kyle grinned at Jace. "Can you grant wishes?" "That depends," he said. "Do you wish to be punched in the face?

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, People, Wish

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “City of Fallen Angels”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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• So you're trying to make her happy despite the fact that the reason she's unhappy in the first place is you," said Simon, not very kindly. "That seems contradictory, doesn't it?" "Love is a contradiction," said Jace.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love Is, Unhappy, Trying

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.1535, Simon and Schuster

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• We can buy you one of those books they have for little kids 'Timmy Has Two Dads'. Except I don't think they have one called 'Timmy Has Two Dads and One of Them Was Evil'. That part you're just going to have to work through on your own.

  Cassandra Clare

  Dad, Book, Kids

  Cassandra Clare (2011). “Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (4 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass; City of Fallen Angels”, p.1396, Simon and Schuster

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• Clary?” Jace tilted his head to the side, studying her face. “You do—you still love me, don’t you?” “I love Jace Lightwood,” she said. “I don’t know who you are.

  Cassandra Clare

  Faces, Sides, Study

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• Missing, one stunningly attractive teenage boy. Answers to 'Jace' or 'Hot Stuff

  Cassandra Clare

  Teenage, Boys, Missing

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.94, Simon and Schuster

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• He looks," Simon had once said to Isabelle, "like he's thinking about something deep and meaningful, but if you ask him what it is, he'll punch you in the face.

  Cassandra Clare

  Meaningful, Thinking, Looks

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.1478, Simon and Schuster

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• It’s fascinating. You know all these words, and they’re all English, but when you string them together into sentences, they just don’t make any sense.

  Cassandra Clare

  Together, Fallen Angels, Strings

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.1509, Simon and Schuster

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• What's this?" "That's a mango." Simon stared at Jace. Sometimes it really is like Shadowhunters were from an alien planet. "I don't think I've seen one of those that wasn't already cut up," Jace mused. "I like mangoes." Simon grabbed the mango and tossed it into the cart. "Great. What else do you like?" Jace pondered for a moment. "Tomato soup," he said finally. "Tomato soup? You want tomato soup and a mango for dinner?" Jace shrugged. "I don't really care about food.

  Cassandra Clare

  Cutting, Thinking, Tomatoes

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• L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle. "It means that love is the most powerful force in the world. That love can do anything.

  Cassandra Clare

  Powerful, Moving, Mean

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.1454, Simon and Schuster

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• Love is a contradiction.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love Is, Contradiction, Jace Herondale

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.1535, Simon and Schuster

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• I suppose you've always been amazing at this stuff?" "I was born amazing" Jace stroked her cheek with the tips of his fingertips, lightly but enough to make her shiver.

  Cassandra Clare

  Stuff, Enough, Fallen Angels

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• Medium clever,” Simon acknowledged. “Like a cross between George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven and those MythBusters guys, but, you know, better-looking.” “I’m always so glad I have no idea what you’re vacantly chattering about,” said Jace. “It fills me with a sense of peace and well-being.

  Cassandra Clare

  Clever, Ocean, Ideas

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.1530, Simon and Schuster

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• I can see why you like it here," he said,making a sweeping gesture that encompassed Kyle's collection of movie posters and science fiction books. "There's a thin layer of nerd all over everything." said Jace. "Thanks. I appreciate that." Simon gave Jace a hard look.

  Cassandra Clare

  Book, Appreciate, Nerd

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• He's my neophyte Downworlder to mock and boss around, not yours.

  Cassandra Clare

  Boss, Fallen Angels, Jace

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.1518, Simon and Schuster

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• Something snapped inside Maryse. “He is not a Herondale. He is a Lightwood. Jace Lightwood. He’s my son.

  Cassandra Clare

  Son, My Son, Jace

  Cassandra Clare (2012). “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”, p.2049, Simon and Schuster

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