City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

by Cassandra Clare

said Jace, eating fries with his fingers.

How else would he eat fries lmao

“I don’t,” said Simon. “Yes, but nobody cares what you know.” Jace examined a fry before biting into it.

Jace does not like Simon lmao

Isabelle and Simon announced their intention of going for a walk in Central Park

Why are they in love already

“Nice he wasn’t,” said Hodge, with a twisted smile, “but he was charming and clever and very persuasive.

It’s easy, as a child, to believe in good and evil, in light and dark.

Hes not wrong

she entered her bedroom and found Jace sprawled out on the bed, looking at her sketchbook.

Omggg i loveee him

“If only Simon were here. He could probably bore you to sleep.”

Hhahahahaha

“A diary with no drawings of me in it? Where are the torrid fantasies? The romance novel covers? The—”

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

She wondered if being tired had made them both a little crazy. But Jace didn’t look tired. He looked almost sad.

“He began to see that the falcon was beautiful, that its slim wings were built for the speed of flight, that it was strong and swift, fierce and gentle.

“Instead his father took the bird, now tame and trusting, in his hands and broke its neck. ‘I told you to make it obedient,’

:(

that to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”

He gave me anything I wanted. Horses, weapons, books, even a hunting falcon.

:(

“Right, because I’m flat-chested and a midget.”

Oh my goddd

“I like the dress,” he said, unhitching himself from the wall. His eyes ran up and down her lazily, like the stroking paws of a cat.

“I could give you a thigh sheath to put that in,” Isabelle offered. “I’ve got tons.” “CERTAINLY NOT,” said Simon.

Simon is giving big Dain vibes

“Children of the Nephilim,” he said. “Well, well. I don’t recall inviting you.”

Magnus you love the nephlim

She tried to smile. “Is it in honor of anything?” “My cat’s birthday.”

MAGNUS PLEASE

“Shh,” hissed Raphael. “They will hear you. We are close to where they sleep.” “How do you know?” she whispered

I dont trust this mf

Raphael’s eyes were bright. He seemed almost excited.

On god hes on the vampy's side

“Not a painting at all,” Clary said. “In a card.” Jace paused, turning toward her. “A card?”

Dorthea!!! Omg my girliepop is so smart on occassion lmao

“Where there is feeling that is not requited,” said Hodge, “there is an imbalance of power. It is an imbalance that is easy to exploit,

Where there is love, there is often also hate. They can exist side by side.”

He nodded a greeting to Jace and Alec, ignoring Clary completely. “Hey.” “Hey indeed,” said Jace,

“The ‘hey’ thing that guys always do. Like when you saw Jace and Alec, you said ‘hey,’ and they said ‘hey’ back. What’s wrong with ‘hello’?”

Hahahahahahaha

“Ready to go,” he announced. “Let’s kick some demon butt!” Jace looked at him a little oddly. “You all right?”

HAHAHAHA my mans is crashing out rn after that argument w Clary

The smell hit her the moment they walked through the front door. It was almost indescribable, like spoiled eggs and maggoty meat and seaweed rotting on a hot beach.

Oh god is Dorthea dead

“in the form of a gift.” Dorothea looked at him blankly. Doesn’t she remember? Clary thought, puzzled.

Something is sus abt her rn

“Jace,” she said. “Give me your stele.”

Why would they do this shit here

now blank and empty, turned to ash that sifted away between her fingers to the carpeted floor.

Caraval vibes

“It’s the Mortal Cup, Jace, not the Mortal Toilet Bowl,” said Isabelle. “Are we done now? Can we go?”

as the thing that had once been Dorothea howled and twisted.

I knew itttt

Mine are the empty places between the worlds. Mine is the wind and the howling darkness. I am as unlike those mewling things you call demons

Isabelle’s whip trembled. “It’s a Greater Demon,” she said.

I know Alec is shitting his diaper rn

“I knew Greater Demons were meant to be ugly, but no one ever warned me about the smell.”

Jace PLEASE

“Smells more like landfill to me. You sure you’re not from Staten Island?”

I just evaporated

The stele burned against her skin. If only she had a weapon, anything—

I thought someone gave her one? I feel like Simon finn come in with that bow and arrow they left behind

Clary could see the black sores on its skin, could see that there were things crawling inside them.

Um EW

brought the blade down, again and again, into the demon’s back, its shoulders running with black fluid.

Damnnn idk why but it feels different when someone be stabbing over and over again opposed to a more restrained murder lmao

She had forgotten he was outside, had almost forgotten he existed.

Well i mean … he did say you never remembed him which is kinda sad

flooding the foyer with light. Abbadon screamed and staggered back, shielding its

Oh shitttt how the hell would simon know to do that?! or did he just accidentally miss lmao

He looked as if he were holding himself back from something with a terrible effort.

Hm

“I’m all right,” he said again, and pushed her aside, none too gently.

Damn

“Don’t thank me,” he said, “thank the archery program at B’nai B’rith summer camp.”

Oh my goddddd

Clary saw that all the gold seemed washed out of his eyes by something she had never seen in them before. Panic.

saw Jace kneeling next to his friend as blood seeped through the blanket. She thought of the little boy with the dead falcon.

Don’t feel bad,” he added, “you can’t even see that skylight unless you know it’s there.” I knew it was there, Clary thought.

“What do I do?” “Well—you got the Cup,” he said. “Didn’t you?” She nodded, and tapped her pocket. “Yes.”

I mean no one else but you wouldve ever found it so be proud of yourself

“Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.”

“my own fault, my most grievous fault. It’s Latin.” He brushed a lock of her hair back from her forehead absently,

I can see how Clare's strong writing style, that we see in TID, shines through every so often in this series, its like seeing the way her voice has been honed and it was truly in her this early on it just isnt being utalized the way it is in TID