Queen of Air and Darkness Quotes

“As we all have an infinite capacity to make mistakes, we all have an infinite capacity for forgiveness.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Some lights were never meant to burn for long.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“As long as you exist and I exist, I will love you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Faith isn’t never having any doubts; it’s having what you need to overcome them.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“You're the only person I've ever loved like this, and I know you're the only person I ever will. And I'm not myself without you, Emma. Once you dissolve dye in water, you can't take it back out. It's like that. I can't take you out of me. It means cutting out my heart, and I don't like myself without my heart, I know that now.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“When I found you, I didn’t know what I was finding,” Alec said. “Words about things that are beautiful and precious to me don’t come easily. You know that. You know me better than anyone.” He licked his dry lips. “And when one day people look back on me and what my life meant, I don’t want them to say, ‘Alec Lightwood fought in the Dark War’ or even ‘Alec Lightwood was Consul once.’ I want them to think, ‘Alec Lightwood loved one man so much he changed the world for him.’ ”
Magnus’s eyes shone bright as stars. He gazed at Alec with eyes full of joy, of a feeling so profound Alec felt humbled to be a part of it. “You know you’ve already changed the world for me.”
“Will you marry me?” Alec whispered. His heart was beating like a frantic bird’s wings. “Right now? Tonight?”
Magnus nodded wordlessly and pulled Alec to his feet. They wrapped their arms around each other, and Alec leaned up just that little bit, since Magnus was just that little bit taller, which he had always loved.
And they kissed for a long time.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Sometimes when you start a war, you want to make pancakes.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Grief can be so bad you can’t breathe, but that’s what it means to be human. We lose, we suffer, but we have to keep breathing.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“I whisper your name, Ty. I whisper the most important thing:
I love you. I love you. I love you.
Livvy”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“The story that I love you, it has no end.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“. I’ll find you something. Something that says Herondale.”
“I could slay with my deadly sense of humor and wicked charm,” said Kit.
“Now that says Herondale.” Jace looked pleased.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Christopher, family for me was never blood. It was always the family I chose. But it turns out it’s nice to have someone I’m related to in this world. Someone I can tell boring family stories to. Do you know about Will Herondale? Or James Herondale?”
“I don’t think so,” said Kit.
“Excellent. Hours of your time will be ruined,” said Jace.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Ah, Watson,” said Ty. “You may not yourself be luminous, but you are an extraordinary conductor of light.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“This is probably a bad idea,” Jace said. “Like, a record-breakingly bad idea. Like a go-down-in-history bad idea. But—”
Clary bounced to her feet. “What he means is, we’re in,” she said. “We love bad ideas.”
“That’s true,” Jace admitted, a smile breaking over his face. Suddenly he looked seventeen again.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Alec and I are unafraid to express our manly love,” said Jace. “Sometimes he carries me around like a swooning damsel.”
“Really?” said Kit.
“No,” said Jace. “I’m very heavy, especially when fully armed. What did you want to talk to me about?”
“Actually, that,” said Kit.
“My weight?”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“People were made up of all sorts of different bits, Dru thought. Funny bits and romantic bits and selfish bits and brave bits. Sometimes you saw only a few of them. Maybe it was when you saw them all that you realised you knew someone really well.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Making promises you can't keep is worse than making no promises at all.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Sympathy is common. Knowing the exact shape of the hole someone’s loss leaves in your heart is rare.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Be good, my archer boy. Come back to me.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Shadowhunters are slow to love but once we love, we love forever.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“In your world I am ashes, I am ancestors, my memories and hopes and dreams have gone to build the City of Bones. In your world, I am lucky, because I do not have to live in a world without you. But in this world, I am you. I am the twinless twin. So I can tell you this:

When your twin leaves the earth you live on, it never turns the same way again: the weight of their soul is gone, and everything is off balance. The world rocks under your feet like an unquiet sea. I can't tell you it gets easier. But it does get steadier; you learn how to live with the new rocking of the new earth, the way sailors gain sea legs. You learn. I promise.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“The sky was a road and the stars made pathways; the moon was a watchtower, a lighthouse that led you home.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Every choice has a long afterlife of consequences. No one can know the eventual outcome of any decision. All you can do is make the best choice you can make in the moment.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“What is a book? Is it the binding, the ink, the pages, or the sum of the words contained?”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“That’s right,” said Kit. He waved from the next booth. “I forgot my weapons. But I do have this fork.” He wiggled it. “You are so forked,” he said to Barnabas.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“You think you can’t survive without Livvy, but you can. We will go through it together.” Kit’s face was cold; he
realized he was crying. “I love you, Ty. I love you.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Ty was near Kit, as he almost always was, like a magnet clicking into place.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Sometimes you need to guard people against the things they want, as well as the things they fear.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Don’t remain silent about what you want, or you may never get it.”
“You are very wise,” Kieran said gravely.
“Well,” said Dru. “I actually saw that on a mug.”
“Mugs in this world are very wise.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“This is the nature of having of a soul, Kieran, and a heart. We all stumble around in the dark and we cause each other pain and we try to make up for it the best we can. We are all confused.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness