Jem Quotes - Page 5

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

  Cassandra Clare

  Believe, People, Goodness

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• You must behave as if return is certain, not a matter of chance", Jem said.

  Cassandra Clare

  Matter, Return, Chance

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.360, Simon and Schuster

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• Astriola. That IS demon pox. You had evidence that demon pox existed and you didnt mention it to me! Et tu, Brute!' He rolled up the paper and hit Jem over the head with it.

  Cassandra Clare

  Paper, Pox, Demon

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.441, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Demon Pox, Kicking, Ankles

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.872, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

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  Dream, Sleep, Night

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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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• Jem is my greatest sin.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sin, Will Herondale

  Twitter post from Oct 3, 2016

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• Jessamine flushed. "Ugh! Charlotte, Will's being vexing." "And the sun has come up in the east," said Jem to no one in particular. ... "And the sun comes up in the WEST," said Will, who had apparently heard Jem's earlier comment.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sun, East, Ugh

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• He began it,” Cecily said, jerking her chin at Will, though she knew it was pointless. Jem, Will’s parabatai, treated her with the distant sweet kindness reserved for the little sisters of one’s friends, but he would always side with Will. Kindly, but firmly, he put Will above everything else in the world. Well, nearly everything.

  Cassandra Clare

  Sweet, Kindness, Little Sister

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.19, Simon and Schuster

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• When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.

  Harper Lee

  Brother, Broken, Elbows

  Joyce Milton, Harper Lee (1984). “Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird”, p.30, Barron's Educational Series

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• She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of her. That she was worth nothing. And still a look from him could make her tremble with mingled hatred and longing. It was like poison in her blood, to which Jem was the only antidote.

  Cassandra Clare

  Blood, Hatred, Poison

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• Jem drew back from her, looking dazed. "By the Angel," he said. "Perhaps we do need a chaperon.

  Cassandra Clare

  Angel, Needs, Said

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Prince”, p.344, Simon and Schuster

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• Atticus said that Jem was trying hard to forget something, but what he was really doing was storing it away for a while, until enough time passed. Then he would be able to think about it and sort things out. When he was able to think about it, Jem would be himself again.

  Harper Lee

  Thinking, Trying, Enough Time

  "To Kill a Mockingbird". Book by Harper Lee, 1962.

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• See there?" Jem was scowling triumphantly. "Nothin' to it. I swear, Scout, sometimes you act so much like a girl its mortifyin

  Harper Lee

  Girl, Sometimes, Swear

  Harper Lee (1960). “TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD”

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• I see you're determined to miss my point." "If you're point is that there was a pretty girl in the room and it was distracting you, then I think I've taken your point handily." "You think she's pretty?" Will was surprised; Jem rarely opinioned this sort of thing. "Yes, and you do too." "I hadn't noticed, really." "Yes, you have, and I've noticed you noticing.

  Cassandra Clare

  Girl, Taken, Thinking

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.259, Simon and Schuster

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• Jem seemed to look through her then, as if he were seeing something beyond her, beyond the corridor, beyond the Institute itself. "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. All those other things, they are the glass that contains the lamp, but you are the light inside." He smiled them, seeming to have come back to himself, slightly embarrassed. "That's what I believe.

  Cassandra Clare

  Strong, Believe, Heart

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

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• Will moved to object, but it was too late; Henry had already pressed the button. There was a blinding flare of light and a whooshing sound, and the room was plunged into blackness. Tessa gave a yelp of surprise, and Jem laughed softly. "Am I blind?" Will's voice floated out of the darkness, tinged with annoyance. "I'm not going to be at all pleased if you've blinded me, Henry.

  Cassandra Clare

  Light, Voice, Darkness

  Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.162, Simon and Schuster

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• Tessa poked at her left incisor with her tongue. It was flat again, an ordinary tooth. "I don't understand what makes them come out like that!" "Hunger," said Jem. "Were you think about blood?" "No." "Were you thinking about eating me?" Will inquired. "No!" "No one would blame you," said Jem. "He's very annoying.

  Cassandra Clare

  Thinking, Blood, Ordinary

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• Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.

  Cassandra Clare

  Princess, Eye, Heart

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.187, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not think I do not know that Cecily wants you to return home with her. And do not think I do not know that you remain for Jem's sake." "And yours," he said before he could stop himself.

  Cassandra Clare

  Home, Thinking, Want

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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• 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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• Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I’ve tried to live so I can look squarely back at him.

  Harper Lee

  Looks, Mockingbird, Look At Me

  Harper Lee (2002). “To Kill a Mockingbird”, Spark Notes

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• 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.

  Cassandra Clare

  Brother, Uncles, Sorry

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan (2013). “The Midnight Heir”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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