Clockwork Princess Quotes:

Unfortunatley, Lady of the Haven, my one true love remains my self.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Self, One True Love, Clockwork Princess, City Of Glass

She did not belong to Will-she was too much herself to belong to anyone, even Jem-but she belonged with them, and silently he cursed the Consul for not seeing it.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1163, Simon and Schuster

topic: Too Much, Jem, Clockwork Princess

Wasn't it? Is loyalty still a commendable quality when it is misdirected?

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1203, Simon and Schuster

topic: Loyalty, Quality, Clockwork Princess, Commendable, Cecily Herondale

They say you cannot love two people equally at once,” she said. “And perhaps for others that is so. But you and Will—you are not like two ordinary people, two people who might have been jealous of each other, or who would have imagined my love for one of them diminished by my love of the other. You merged your souls when you were both children. I could not have loved Will so much if I had not loved you as well. And I could not love you as I do if I had not loved Will as I did.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Children, Princess, Love You, Tessa Gray, William Herondale

Jem knotted his fingers in the material of Will's sleeve. "You are my parabatai," he said, "You said once I could ask anything of you.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Said, Fingers, Jem, Jem Carstairs, Parabatai

No one can say that death found in me a willing comrade, or that I went easily.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Death, Princess, Infernal Devices, Comrade, Clockwork Princess

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

- Cassandra Clare

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

topic: Princess, Eye, Heart, Jem Carstairs, Tessa Gray

What I do know is that if we are born again, I will meet you in another life, and if there is a river, you will wait on the shores for me to come to you, so that we can cross together.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.327, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Rivers, Waiting, Jem Carstairs, Will Herondale

If there is a life after this one, he said, let me meet you in it, James Carstairs.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1151, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Said, Let Me, Jem Carstairs, Tessa Gray

Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.539, Simon and Schuster

topic: Book, Pages, Life Is, Will Herondale, Clockwork Princess

I feel like you can look inside me and see all the places I am odd or unusual and fit your heart around them, for you are odd and unusual in just the same way. We are the same.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1306, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Heart, Looks, Tessa Gray, Clockwork Princess

A very magnanimous statement, Gideon,” said Magnus. “I’m Gabriel.” Magnus waved a hand. “All Lightwoods look the same to me.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.262, Simon and Schuster

topic: Hands, Gideon, Looks, Magnus Bane, Clockwork Princess

You don't think I can fight." Tessa said, drawing back and matching his silvery gaze with her own. "Because I'm a girl." "I don't think you can fight because you're wearing a wedding dress", said Jem. "For what it's worth, I don't think Will could fight in that dress either." "Perhaps not," said Will, who had ears like a bat'a. "But I would make a radiant bride.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Girl, Fighting, Thinking, William Herondale, Wedding Dress

I am not a certified idiot—" "Lack of certification hardly proves intelligence," Will muttered.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.953, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Idiot, Prove, Clockwork Princess, Gabriel Lightwood

I told you before, Jem, that you would not leave me. And you are still with me. When I breathe, I will think of you, for without you I would have been dead years ago. When I wake up and when I sleep, when I lift up my hands to defend myself or when I lie down to die, you will be with me. You say we are born and born again. I say there is a river that divides the dead and the living. What I do know is that if we are born again, I will meet you in another life, and if there is a river, you will wait on the shores for me to come to you, so that we can cross together.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Lying, Princess, Sleep, Jem Carstairs, Will Herondale

I know how you are with your words, and, Will- I love all of them. Every word you say. The silly ones, the mad ones, the beautiful ones, and the ones that are only for me. I love them, and I love you." - Tessa Gray

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Beautiful, Silly, Princess, Tessa Gray, Words You Say

And indeed it was, the arrow still protruding from its wet, grayish skin, humping its body along with incredible speed. A flick of its tail caught the edge of a statue, sending it flying into the dry ornamental pool, where it shattered into dust. “By the Angel, it just crushed Sophocles,” noted Will. “Has no one respect for the classics these days?

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Angel, Dust, Arrows, Clockwork Princess

Would you?” said Gabriel to Will, hotly. “If it was your family?” His lip curled. “Never mind. It’s not as if you know the meaning of loyalty —” “Gabriel.” Gideon’s voice was a reprimand to his brother. “Do not speak to Will in that manner.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Loyalty, Brother, Voice, Clockwork Princess, Gabriel Lightwood

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

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

topic: Sweet, Kindness, Little Sister, Jem Carstairs, Parabatai

We are not our parents, Gabriel. We do not have to carry the burden of their choices or their sins.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.297, Simon and Schuster

topic: Choices, Parent, Gabriel, Cecily Herondale, Clockwork Princess

For five years it had been his absolute truth. Jem and Will. Will and Jem. Will Herondale lives, therefore Jem Carstairs lives also.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.313, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Years, Jem, Jem Carstairs, Clockwork Princess

...In Paris she found Magnus, who was living in a garret apartment and paiting, an occupation for which he had no aptitude whatsoever. He let her sleep on a mattress by the window, and in the night, when she woke up screaming for Will, he came and put his arms around her, smelling of turpentine. "The first one is always the hardest," he said. "The first?" "The first one you love who dies," he said. "It gets easier, after.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Princess, Sleep, Night, Tessa Gray, Clockwork Princess

One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

topic: Inspirational, Book, Healing, Power To Change, Shadowhunters

Achilles was murdered with a poisoned arrow, and Jason died alone, killed by his own rotting ship. Such is the fate of heroes.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Hero, Fate, Clockwork Princess, Clockwork

You said I am a good man," he said. "But I am not that good a man. And I am--I am catastrophically in love with you.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1306, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Love You, Men, Clockwork Princess

Her throat ached: adoration, heartbreak, in equal measure. “Kiss me,” she said. “Please.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Princess, Kissing, Kiss Me, Clockwork Princess

There is more to living than not dying," he said. "Look at the way you live Will. You burn as bright as a star.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.78, Simon and Schuster

topic: Stars, Princess, Dying, Jem Carstairs, Clockwork Princess

And maybe you should stop pitying yourself,” he said. “Most people are lucky to have even one great love in their life. You have found two.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.119, Simon and Schuster

topic: Two, People, Great Love, Clockwork Princess

You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage and you cannot let go or turn the course aside.” His blue eyes were dark with understanding — of course Will would understand.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Letting Go, Reading, Book, Tessa Gray, Will Herondale

You would make a very ugly woman" "I would not. I would be stunning

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1407, Simon and Schuster

topic: Would Be, Ugly, Stunning, William Herondale, Ugly Women

Pointless, needless suffering and pain? I don’t suppose it would help if I told you that was the way life is. The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.116, Simon and Schuster

topic: Pain, Evil, Suffering, Magnus Bane, Suffering And Pain

I'm afraid to answer that. I've heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1407, Simon and Schuster

topic: Wish, Answers, Speak, Clockwork Princess

Gabriel’s green eyes sought Will. “It was demon pox, wasn’t it? You know all about it, don’t you? Aren’t you some sort of expert?” “Well, you needn’t act as if I invented it,” said Will.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Eye, Demon Pox, Experts, Pox, Clockwork Princess

And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for myself. For you to be my eyes when I do not have them. For you to be my hands when I cannot use my own. For you to be my heart when mine is done beating.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Heart, Eye, Hands, Jem Carstairs, Clockwork Princess

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?

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “Clockwork Princess”, p.522, Simon and Schuster

topic: Girl, Want, Poor, Mr Rochester, Rochester

Will gave a short laugh. He was in gear as if he had just come from the practice room, and his hair curled damply against his temples. He was not looking at Tessa, but she had grown used to that. Will hardly ever looked at her unless he had to.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Princess”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

topic: Hair, Practice, Laughing, Clockwork Princess, Gabriel Lightwood

Marry me," he said. "Marry me, Tess. Marry me and be Tessa Herondale. Or be Tessa Gray, or be whatever you wish to call yourself, but marry me and stay with me and never leave me, for I cannot bear another day of my life to go by that does not have you in it.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.539, Simon and Schuster

topic: Wish, Doe, Another Day, Never Leave Me, Tessa Gray

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

topic: Truth, Men, Stronger, Tessa Gray, Clockwork Princess

Rage flared up in Tessa and she considered belting Woolsey with the poker whether he came near her or not. He had moved awfully quickly while fighting Will, though, and she didn’t fancy her chances. “You don’t know James Carstairs. Don’t speak about him.” “Love him, do you?” Woolsey managed to make it sound unpleasant. “But you love Will, too.” Tessa froze. She had known that Magnus knew of Will’s affection for her, but the idea that what she felt for him in return was written across her face was too terrifying to contemplate.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Fighting, Ideas, Sound, James Carstairs, Clockwork Princess

Surely the Shadowhunter community must honor you and hold you in high esteem as a gentleman who has truly advanced their race. No, Henry said sadly. Mostly they wish that I would stop suggesting new inventions and cease setting fire to things.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.281, Simon and Schuster

topic: Fire, Race, Community, Shadowhunters, Clockwork Princess

Tessa had lain down beside him and slid her arm beneath his head, and put her head on his chest,listening to the ever-weakening beat of his heart. And in the shadows they'd whispered, reminding each other of the stories only they knew. Of the girl who had hit over the head with a water jug the boy who had come to rescue her, and how he had fallen in love with her in that instant. Of a ballroom and a balcony and the moon sailing like a ship untethered through the sky. Of the flutter of the wings of the clockwork Angel. Of holy water and blood.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.551, Simon and Schuster

topic: Girl, Princess, Heart, Tessa Gray, Clockwork Angel

One can love two children. But your heart can be given romantic love to only a single other, said Woolsey.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.118, Simon and Schuster

topic: Children, Heart, Romantic Love, Clockwork Princess

I love you so much, so incredibly much," he went on, "and I forget when you're close to me, I forget who you are. I forget that you're Jem's. I'd have to be the worst sort of person to think what I'm thinking right now. But I am thinking it.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Princess, Love You, Thinking, Tessa Gray, James Carstairs

I think there is hope for you yet, Will Herondale. I will try to learn how to have it, without you to show me. Tessa, Jem said. She knows despair, and hope as well. you can teach each other. Find her, Will, and tell her that I loved her always. My blessings, for all that it is worth, is on you both.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2013). “The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Angel; Clockwork Prince; Clockwork Princess”, p.1151, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Thinking, Blessing, Jem Carstairs, Tessa Gray

And you should not be out and about in your nightgown. There are Lightwoods wandering these halls.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2014). “Clockwork Princess”, p.248, Simon and Schuster

topic: Princess, Should, Wander, Will Herondale, Cecily Herondale

Will closed his eyes. He could not hear Jem go, not anymore; he did not want to know the moment when he left and Will was alone, did now want to know when his first day as a Shawdowhunter without a parabatai truly began. And if the place over his heart, where his parabatai rune had been, flared up with a sudden burning pain as the door closed behind Jem, Will told himself it was only a stray ember from the fire.

- Cassandra Clare

source: Cassandra Clare (2015). “Clockwork Princess”, p.508, Simon and Schuster

topic: Pain, Princess, Eye, Jem Carstairs, Parabatai

There's nothing you could have done that would cause me to cease loving either of you. Will is myself, my own soul, and if I am not to have the keeping of your heart, then there is not other I would rather have that honor.

- Cassandra Clare

topic: Princess, Heart, Soul, Jem Carstairs, Tessa Gray