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Memories did one no good, not when one knew the truth in the present

Cassandra Clare

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Cassandra Clare
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 31
Author
Film Producer
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Teheran
Judith Rumelt
Memories
Present
Knew
Truth
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But that's what you're doing, isn't it? You're part of the fight just as much as the Shadowhunters on the ship—and I know you can take some of my strength, I've heard of warlocks doing that—so I'm offering. Take it. It's yours.
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It was stupid to hope, she knew. But sometimes hope was all you had.
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I was the quiet kid in the corner, reading a book. In elementary school, I read so much and so often during class that I was actually forbidden from reading books during school hours by my teachers.
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He's not here. Not here like he just popped around the corner to the bodega for a six-pack of Diet Coke and a box of Krispy Kremes, or not here like.
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But God knows, I don't want anyone but you. I don't even want to want anyone but you.
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To draw something is to try to capture it forever.
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One must look at the next step on the path ahead, rather than the mountain in the distance, or one would never reach one's goal.
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In future, Clarissa, he said, it might be wise to mention that you already have a man in your bed, to avoid such tedious situations. You invited him into bed? Simon demanded, looking shaken. Ridiculous, isn't it? said Jace. We would never have all fit.
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Your city is under attack, he said. 'The wards are down, adn the streets area full of demons. And you want to know why I haven't called you? Magnus to Alec
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Magnus gazed upon Camille. Some of my fondest memories include lashings of cream and beautiful women.
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You're a public menace. You shouldn't be allowed out on your own.
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I am glad,” he said. “They will be able to take care of each other when I am gone, or at least I can hope for it. He says she does not love him, but—surely she will come to love him in time. Will is easy to love, and he has given her his whole heart. I can see it. I hope she will not break it.
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You could know a man not by what his friends said about him, but by how he treated his servants.
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He'd woken up the next day in the city hospital with Magnus Bane staring down at him with an odd expression--it could have been deep concern or merely curiosity, it was hard to tell with Magnus.
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That was what humans did: They left on another messages through time, pressed between pages or carved into rock. Like reaching out a hand through time, and trusting in a phantom hoped-for hand to catch yours. Humans did not last forever. They could only hope what they made would endure.
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You're not gay, are you? Simon's greenish color deepened. If I were, I would dress better.
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I suppose we all lie to ourselves sometimes.
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No, I'm just a very naughty boy. I do all sorts of bad things. I kick kittens. I make rude gestures at nuns.
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Meliorn looked impassive. Mundane humans are not permitted in the Court. I wish someone had mentioned that earlier, said Simon, to no one in particular. I take it I'm just supposed to wait out here until vines start growing on me? Meliorn considered. That might offer significant amusement.
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Yes, she's bleeding to death upstairs, but I thought I'd avoid telling you right away, because I like to draw the suspense out.
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