City Of Ashes Quotes

"Mostly extinct," he said, his voice trembling with rage, "is NOT EXTINCT ENOUGH."

"I’d rather be an angst-ridden teenager who can’t confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."

"It’s been here as long as I have," Jace, as the door clanged shut behind them. The ride up was brief, and none of them spoke. Clary played nervously with the fringe of her scarf. She felt a little guilty about having told Simon to go home and wait for her to call him later. She had seen from the annoyed set of his shoulders as he stalked off down Canal Street that he’d felt summarily dismissed. Still, she couldn’t imagine having him—a mundane—here while Luke petitioned Maryse Lightwood on Jace’s behalf; it would just make everything awkward.

"You don’t get it," he said, a sudden desperation in his voice. "I can’t go back."

"I don’t want to be a man," said Jace. "I want to be an angst-ridden teenager who can’t confront his own inner demons and takes it out verbally on other people instead."

"Being a Shadowhunter never leaves you. It’s a gift that’s carried in your blood, and you can no more change it than you can change your blood type."

"There's something comforting about its old-fashioned mix of wood and brass fittings, the leather- and velvet-bound books ranged along the walls like old friends waiting for him to return."

"I prefer to think that I'm a liar in a way that's uniquely my own."

"Lucifer was rewarded for his rebellion when God cast him into the pits of hell."

"Do you know about the cuckoo bird, Jonathan Morgenstern?"

"I've worked hard, and trained hard—say whatever you want about my father, but he made a Shadowhunter out of me."

"I was trained to be an evil mastermind from a young age."

"I don’t think you’re smart enough not to get turned into a rat by accident."

"I can’t do anything about that and neither can you!"

"Growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change."

"You can't torture yourself like this. There's no point to it."

"Remember how he made them let him ride with you in the ambulance on the way to the hospital?"

"You can't put a price on that kind of loyalty."

"Everyone has choices to make; no one has the right to take those choices away from us. Not even out of love."

"I'm here to tell you that the undead are just like you and me."

"It's better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."

"Faeries don’t lie, Jace. Words that cannot be spoken—she meant runes. Each has a different meaning, but they’re meant to be drawn, not said aloud."

"The law of family? I’ve never heard of that before."

"The Angel blade burns you, just as God’s name chokes you."

"How did you do that?... You mean how did I get onto the roof?"

"She’s right." Alec was sitting on the edge of the sofa, his arms crossed and his jaw set. "Jace lied to us. There’s no excuse for that."

"Agramon," said Luke. "He’s the fear demon. The Demon of Fear."

"The Mortal Cup," he finished, "lets him control Agramon."

"If Clary can put the Fearless rune on me, I can take it down. Or at least try."

"You disappear so completely into your head sometimes," he said. "I wish I could follow you."

"Other crack teams get bat boomerangs and wall-crawling powers; we get the Aquatruck."

"You’ve handed victory to Valentine. That’s what you’ve done."

"I should have killed him myself. It would have showed that I cared."

"That’s where you’re wrong," said Valentine. "They know the value of a Downworlder as compared to that of a Shadowhunter child. They’ll make the trade. The Clave requires it."

"You and I, we’re alike," said Valentine. "As you said to me before, you are what I made you to be, and I made you as a copy of myself."

"Quite a place you’ve got for yourself here, Father."

"Blood. It was still damp, slightly tacky. Fresh blood."

"Jace’s heart started to bang like an unlocked door in a windstorm."

"Jace took the body by the shoulder and heaved."

"You have no idea what you’ve done, Jonathan."

"Never believe the bad guy is dead until you see a body."

"You’re the only thing that kept this from being a massacre."

"You never love anything like you love your children."