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You know how the bonds of family are, my lady... They cling as tightly as vines. And sometimes, like vines, they cling tightly enough to kill.

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Cassandra Clare
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 31
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Teheran
Judith Rumelt
Cling
Lady
Kill
Family
Enough
Sometimes
Tightly
Like
Vines
Bonds

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Wo ai ni, Tessa,” he whispered. “Wo bu xiang shi qu ni.” She knew, without knowing how she knew, what the words meant. I love you. And I don’t want to lose you.
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Gracious, said Cecily. You must be Mr. Sallows. Nephilim, observed the shop owner gloomily. I detest Nephilim. Hmph, said Cecily. Charmed, I'm sure.
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Love potions? For Will Herondale? T’aint my way to turn down payment, but any man who looks like you has got no need of love potions, and that’s a fact.
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Well, she's not responding to my advances, he observed more brightly than he felt, so she must be dead. Or she's a woman of good taste and sense.
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You cannot save every fallen bird, said Woosley, leaning back against the wall and crossing his arms. Even the handsome ones. One will do, said Magnus, and, as Will was no longer within his sight, he let the front door fall shut.
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I get the feeling, Alec said, and smiled, she hasn't forgiven me for betraying you, as she sees it. Good girl, said Jace with appreciation. I didn't betray you, idiot. It's the thought that counts.
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Simon: 'You know men. We have delicate egos.' Clary: 'I wouldn't describe Jace's ego as delicate.' Simon: 'No, Jace's is sort of the antiaircraft artillery tank of male egos.
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If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were not bullets in the chambers?
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I like to listen to music that fits with what I'm writing. For each book, I've assembled a playlist, so readers can get a sense of what I was listening to while I was writing.
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The truth is that I love Simon like I should love you, and I wish that he was my brother and you weren't. - Clary
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