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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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Cassandra Clare
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 31
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Judith Rumelt
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I think you ought to let me take poor Tessa into town to get some new clothes. Otherwise, the first time she takes a deep breath, that dress will fall right off her. Will looked interested. I think she should try that out now and see what happens.
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Where is your angel now?
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Jem cried out with all his remaining strength. You cannot go where I am going! Nor would I want that for you!
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To her you're Jocelyn's daughter. But I'll always be Valentine's son
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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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A lot of people feel like urban fantasy is a shortcut that gets you around world-building, because it's set in the real world. But it doesn't really work that way, as I found out. You have to come up with just as consistent an internal cosmology and magic system as you would if you were writing high fantasy.
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Dear me, said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. Is it because I'm better-looking than you?
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You point your feet out too much when you walk,” Will went on. He was busy polishing an apple on his shirtfront, and appeared not to notice Tessa glaring at him. “Camille walks delicately. Like a faun in the woods. Not like a duck” “I do not walk like a duck.” “I like ducks,” Jem observed diplomatically. “Especially the ones in Hyde Park.
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One must always be careful of books.
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In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matters that you did.
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I feel myself dissolving, vanishing into nothingness, for if there is no one in the world who cares for you, do you really exist at all?
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Jesus! Luke exclaimed. Actually, it's just me, said Simon. Although I've been told the resemblance is startling.
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I thought of love as a game. It is not a game. It is more serious than death.
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A sort of good-bye without saying good-bye, he said. It is a reference to a passage in the Bible. 'And Mizpah, for he said, the Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another.
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Must I go bound while you go free Must I love a manwho doesn't love me Must I be born with so little art As to love a man who'll break my Heart
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And what if I'm the one who kills him? My heart is your heart, he said, My hands are your hands.
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Were you hugging Clary? He looked at Sebastian in amazement. Sebastian shrugged. She's my sister. I'm pleased to see her. You don't hug people, Jace said. I ran out of time to bake a casserole.
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Then I'll come,' said Tessa, 'I've never been on a train.' Will threw up his hands. 'That's it? You're coming because you've never been on a train before?' 'Yes.
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Whoever loves you now—and you must also love yourself—will love the truth of you.
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Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre, Tessa pointed out. No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want?
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