#device

You see it, don't you, James? Without Tessa there is nothing for me--no joy, no light, no life. If you loved me, you would let me have her. You can't love her as I do. No one could. If you are truly my brother, you would do this for me. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jem #tessa #the-infernal-devices #will #life

I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#the-infernal-devices #life

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

— Cassandra Clare

#cassandra-clare #clockwork-princess #death #dying #i-can-t-even

Was this what it meant to love someone? That any burden was a burden shared, that they could give you comfort with a word or a touch? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #tessa-gray #love

If love is great, then it is worth fighting for.” “What if it is immoral somehow? Forbidden?” “Forbidden? But my father’s love for my mother was forbidden, or at least against the law. Or do mean if she is married, or a vampire?” “Or a married vampire.” “Well, nevertheless,” Will said, with a grin. “One should fight on. Love conquers all.” Will and Jem ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#love #the-infernal-devices #will-herondale #love

And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#day #devices #every #every day #first

I promise to charm the dickens out of him,' said Will, sitting up and readjusting his crushed hat. 'I shall charm him with such force that when I am done, he will be left lying limply on the ground, trying to remember his own name.' 'The man's eighty-nine', muttered Jem. 'He may well have the problem anyway. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-prince #infernal-devices #jem-carstairs #will-herondale #problems

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. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#clockwork-angel #infernal-devices #jem-carstairs #mizpah #bible

When I first arrived in London, I so quickly tired of being surrounded by so many people that it was only with great difficulty that I refrained from seizing the next unfortunate who crossed my path and committing violent acts upon their person. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#will-herondale #commitment

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#idiot #infernal-devices #law #nephilim #shadowhunters