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Will began to straighten up, to turn away from the bed. And as he did, he felt something wrap tightly around his wrist. He glanced down and saw Jem’s hand braceleting his own. For a moment he was too shocked to do anything but stare. “I am not dead yet, Will,” Jem said in a soft voice, thin but as strong as wire. “What did Magnus mean by asking you if I knew you were in love with Tessa? ↗
If we are not being maligned, scandalizing those who still sleep in the church, then we are missing the incarnational call to love the world's most vulnerable, the world's exiled, the world's most wounded. Our concern should be what the poor and prostituted think of us, what the God of the universe thinks of us, not what those around us think of us. ↗
#caring #church #compassion #excile #god
She hated that will had this effect on her. Hated it. She knew better. She knew what he thought of her. That she was worth nothing. And still a look from him could make her tremble with mingled hatred and longing. It was like poison in her blood, to which Jem was the only antidote. ↗
I'm trying to figure out how someone could live in a brothel for a month and not notice. You must be terribly dull-witted." Tessa glared. "If it helps at all, it seemed to be quite a high-class establishment. Nicely furnished, fairly clean..." "Sounds as if you've visited your fair share of brothels," Tessa said, sourly. "Making a study of them?" "More of a hobby," said Will, and smiled like a bad angel. ↗
#clockwork-angel #tessa-gray #the-infernal-devices #will-herondale #wit
wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness ↗
#clockwork-prince #infernal-devices #madness #misery #tessa-gray
Algunas veces uno tiene que elegir entre ser amable y honorable, –dijo. –A veces no se puede ser las dos. ↗
Cuando estás leyendo un libro, y sabes que habrá una tragedia; puedes sentir el frió y la oscuridad llegando, ver la red tejiéndose cerca de los personajes que viven y respiran en las páginas. Pero estas tan atado a la historia como si fueras tirado detrás de un carruaje, y no puedes dejarlo pasar o cambiar el rumbo haciéndose a un lado. ↗
Tessa, ya hemos hablado de esto. Tú no eres el peligro. Tu eres lo que Mortmain quiere, y si no estuvieras aquí protegida, podría tenerte fácilmente, ¿y para que usaría tus poderes? No lo sabemos solo que te quiere para algo, y esa es nuestra ventaja, alejarte de él. No es desinterés, nosotros, los Cazadores de Sombras no somos desinteresados. ↗
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. ↗
#clockwork-princess #the-infernal-devices #will-herondale #love
