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“A secret too long kept can kill a soul by inches. I watched a secret almost destroy a man once, the finest man ever made. Such a secret is like keeping treasure in a tomb. Little by little, poison eats away at the gold. By the time the door is opened, there may be nothing left but dust.” (Ghosts of the Shadow Market Quotes)
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“All I did was think about being worthy of coming home to you.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“And where there was life, there was hope. Maybe not now, not yet, but someday, they could still have their future.”
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Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Anyone who says women are weak is afraid they’re too strong.”
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Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Did she know how beautiful she was? Did she know her eyes were the color of liquid gold, and that songs could be written about the way she turned out her wrist to reach for her glass?”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Every world contains worlds within it. People wander through all the worlds they can find, searching for their homes.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“He longed sometimes with an almost physical ache just to say ‘My Husband’ and have it be true.”
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Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“He would not dishonor love by letting go. In the end, he chose to endure any pain rather than do that. Through the fire, as through the darkness, he held on.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“He’d heard kids say terrible things before now. Adults poured poison in their minds, and then it came out of their mouths.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“I am sorry, my darling, he told her. That was not fair of me, or well done. When I am with you, I want to forget what I am, but I cannot change it. A silent Brother can have no wife, no love.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“I sometimes think there is nothing more painful than love denied. To love someone you cannot have, to stand beside your heart’s desire and be unable to take them in your arms. A love that cannot be requited. I can think of nothing more painful than that.” (Ghosts of the Shadow Market Quotes)
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Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“I’ve never been enough, not for anyone, and I’m trying, but I don’t know if I ever will be.”
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Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Jace didn’t just pull the pigtails of people he had crushes on. He pulled the pigtails of everyone in the world he liked. This was something Simon still had not figured out over the years.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Jem said, “We want you to stay, and to know that the choice is entirely yours, and we wanted to show you something. We want you to know there is nothing in this house more precious to us than you.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Jem stood up and held out his hand to Will. Without realizing it, he held his breath. Perhaps this was a dream after all, and when Jem touched him Will would vanish away again. But Will’s hand was warm and solid and strong, and Jem drew him up easily. Together they began to run lightly over the tiles of the roof. The night was very beautiful and warm, and they were both young.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Kit straightened up. “Nope, I’m good. Come on Brother Hauntingly Attractive.” “There’s no need to mention this to Tessa.” “And Yet,” said Kit, “I’m gonna.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Kit’s jaw was still set. Jem knew that look. Herondales were always flames, he thought. They loved and suffered as if they would burn away with the sheer force of their own fire.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Let’s go see who can eat the most dumplings in the shortest amount of time. And duck! You really ought to try pressed duck! It’s a great delicacy.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Life is not a boat, beating us far away in a cruel, relentless tide from all we love. You are not lost to me on some forever distant shore. Life is a wheel.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“Memories were like love: wound and cure, both at once.”
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Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“No matter how dark and hopeless the world seemed, Lucie could always find beauty in a story.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“No more fantasies, no more dreams. He knew then that none of the illusions he’d tried to fool himself with had ever even come close. Every detail had been wrong, everything in the world had been wrong, and everything about himself.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“No, said Jem, becuase he was always James Carstairs when he spoke of what was dearest to him.” (Ghosts of the Shadow Market Quotes)
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“She tried to believe that some part of him was still in there, seeing her, and longing to be seen.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“She would take the blow. She would harden herself and laugh in the face of pain.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“That the future isn’t fixed. If we see a path in front of us that we would not choose, then we can choose another path. Another future.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“The bridge reminded her that there was still someone in the world that she loved. That even if half of her heart was gone forever, the other half was still here. Unreachable, maybe, but here.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“The night was very beautiful and warm, and they were both young.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“The trousers and jacket do not make me a man, and the necklace does not make me a woman. They are only what makes me feel beautiful and powerful in this moment. I am exactly as I choose to be.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“There are more kinds of love than stars. If you do not feel one, there are many others. You know what it is to care for family and friends. What we keep sacred, keeps us safe. Consider that by trying to cut yourself off the possibility of being hurt, you shut the door on love and live in darkness.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“When you fight, you should fight with your whole heart.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
“You choose to be yourself, your best self. You can be descended from gods and monsters. You can take the light they left you and be a lamp shining out all their light made new. You can battle the darkness. You can choose always to fight and hope. That is what it means to have a great heart. Don’t be afraid of being yourself.”
Cassandra Clare
Ghosts of the Shadow Market
