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There is nothing quite like the moral absolutism of the young. -Hodge

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Cassandra Clare
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 31
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Film Producer
Journalist
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Teheran
Judith Rumelt
Hodge
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I swear, I almost died back there on that ship, you know. He let her hand go, but he was staring at her, almost as if he meant to memorize her face. I know, he said. everytime you almost die, I almost die myself.
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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.
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It's like banging my head against the wall, except if I were actually banging my head on a wall, I'd be able to make myself stop.
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I have the benefit of experience which tells me that sulking solves nothing
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She took out a shiny folded pamphlet, the kind they kept stacked in clear plastic stands in hospital waiting rooms. How to Come Out to Your Parents, she read out loud. LUKE. Don't be ridiculous. Simon's not gay, he's a vampire.
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The demon bared its greenish fangs. This is my true form. An ugly surprise for you, I suppose. I daresay it's an improvement, said Will. You weren't much to look at before, and at least the horns are dramatic.
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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.
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I love you. And I don't want to lose you.
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It's Will, she said. He's being absolutely ridiculous in the dining room. Charlotte looked puzzled. How is this different from him being totally ridiculous in the library or the weapons room or any of the other places he's usually ridiculous?
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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.
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You cannot buy or drug or dream your way out of pain.
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History gets written by the winners.
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The melody rolled over her, as cool and sweet as water, as hopeful and lovely as sunrise.
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We are all the pieces of what we remember. We hold in ourselves the hopes and fears of those who love us. As long as there is love and memory, there is no true loss.
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I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?
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Whatever the Clave was discussing, the Council meeting was dragging on brutally late. “But he knows New York. He doesn’t know Alicante—
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Hugo is a raven,and, as such he knows many things. I, meanwhile, am Hodge Starkweathe, a professor of history, as such, I do not know nearly enough.
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Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us. And there is a beauty that brevity alone provides.” He dropped his gaze, then raised it to hers. “I would give you everything of myself,” he said. “I would give you more in two weeks than most men would give you in a lifetime.
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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.
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It will bring you light even among the darkest shadows of this world and others
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