#instruments

That's why when major bad-asses greet each other in movies, they don't say anything, they just nod. The nod means, 'I' am a bad-ass, and I recognize that you, too, are a bad-ass,' but they don't say anything because they're Wolverine and Magneto and it would mess up their vibe to explain. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#movies

WHO CALLS UPON THE HIGH WARLOCK? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#kissed #magnus-bane #mortal-instruments #magnus-bane

What's that you're holding?" he asked, noticing the pamphlet, still rolled up in her left hand. "Oh, this?" She held it up. "How to Come Out to Your Parents." He widened his eyes. "Something you want to tell me?" "It's not for me. It's for you." She handed it to him. "I don't have to come out to my mother," said Simon. "She already thinks I'm gay because I'm not interested in sports and I haven't had a serious girlfriend yet. Not that she knows of, anyway." "But you have to come out as a vampire," Clary pointed out. "Luke thought you could, you know, use one of the suggested speeches in the pamphlet, except use the word 'undead' instead of--" "I get it, I get it." Simon spread the pamplet open. "Here, I'll practice on you." He cleared his throat. "Mom. I have something to tell you. I'm undead. Now, I know you may have some preconceived notions about the undead. I know you may not be comfortable with the idea of me being undead. But I'm here to tell you that the undead are just like you and me." Simon paused. "Well, okay. Possibly more like me than you." "SIMON." "All right, all right." He went on. "The first thing you need to understand is that I'm the same person I always was. Being undead isn't the most important thing about me. It's just part of who I am. The second thing you should know is that it isn't a choice. I was born this way." Simon squinted at her over the pamphlet. "Sorry, reborn this way. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#coming-out #mortal-instruments #simon-lewis #undead #vampires

Fine,” Kyle said. “I’m a werewolf. I’m not part of a pack, but I do have an alliance. Have you heard of the Praetor Lupus?” “I’ve heard of lupus,” said Simon. “Isn’t it a kind of disease? ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#mortal-instruments #city-of-fallen-angels

You promise." "I swear on the angel. The hell with that. I swear on us." "Why us?" "Because there isn't anything I believe in more. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#jace-and-clary #the-mortal-instruments #city-of-fallen-angels

In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#becomes #economy #frequent #important #increase

I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others. ↗

— Adrian Belew

#i #instructor #instruments #might #others

Being a musician is very easy. My house is full of musical instruments. There's a lot of music, always. ↗

— Bjork

#being #easy #full #house #instruments

I've been buying instruments and musical gear for a long time. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

#buying #gear #i #instruments #long

In the studio, I'm always throwing people on different instruments. ↗

— Beck

#different #i #instruments #people #studio