Queen of Air and Darkness Quotes

“What’s up?” Emma called. “We’re almost ready.”
“I just wanted to tell you to come down,” Mark said. “We are all eager to hear your story, and I’ve made my famous doughnut sandwiches.”
“I’m not sure ‘Tavvy likes them’ is exactly what most people mean when they say ‘famous,’ ” Emma said.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“We cannot understand life, and therefore we cannot hope to understand death”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“What’s up?” Emma called. “We’re almost ready.”
“I just wanted to tell you to come down,” Mark said. “We are all eager to hear your story, and I’ve made my famous doughnut sandwiches.”
“I’m not sure ‘Tavvy likes them’ is exactly what most people mean when they say ‘famous,’ ” Emma said.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“the encouraging look he’d worn for Dru and Tavvy was gone, and he looked hollow and sad. He headed toward the Institute doors.

The false faces we wear for the ones we love, Diana thought. Julian would bleed out for these children and never ask for a bandage in fear that the question would upset them.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Emma was the only person he had ever desired, and the force of that desire sometimes stunned him. Never more than tonight. He had lost himself in her, in them, for some totality of time; he had felt only his body and the part of his heart that loved and was uninjured. Emma was all the good in him, he thought, all that burned bright.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Your witchlight rune-stone. Every Shadowhunter has one.” He took Kit’s hand unselfconsciously and pressed the stone into his palm. A hot flutter went through Kit’s stomach, surprising him. He’d never felt anything like it before.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Horace reminded him of politicians shouting on TV, red-faced men who always seemed angry and always wanted you to know there was something you needed to be afraid of.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Aline was the last to rise. “Technically, this is my Institute,” she said. “We do what I say.” She paused. “And I do what Helen wants. What do you want, baby?”
Helen smiled. “I want a war council,” she said. “Let’s get ready.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Sometimes you have to Let people blame you. When the only other option is letting bad things happen, it doesn’t matter what people think.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“As Emma watched, Jace offered Kit a slim silver dagger with a design of herons in flight etched on the handle. Kit took it carefully, nodding his head.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“And there is something else.” He hesitated. “Tessa is pregnant.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“No.” Emma had begun to smile. Her eyes were all fire now. “Let us burn.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“It had been a long time, and she had never imagined something quite like this: Moonlight and flowers were for other people.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Emma listened to the familiar sound of Julian coming up the stairs. The tread of his feet was like music she had always known, so familiar that it had almost stopped being music.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“You can't fix grief,” said Simon. “A rabbi told me that when my father died. The only thing that fixes grief is time, and the love of the people who care about you, and Tavvy has that.” He squeezed Mark's shoulder briefly. “Take care of yourself,” he said. “Shelo ted'u od tza'ar, Mark Blackthorn.”

“What does that mean?” said Mark.

“It's a blessing,” said Simon. “Something else the rabbi taught me. Let it be that you should know no further sorrow.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Grief could be like a wolf tearing your insides, and you would do anything to make it stop.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“You raised Livvy for you, not for her or anyone else. You knew the damage it might do. You only thought of yourself. I wish— I wish I’d never known you—”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“She ached at the sight of his painter’s hands, strong and articulate, the soft darkness of his hair, the cupid’s bow of his lip, the color of his eyes. The way he moved, his artist’s grace, the things about him that whispered Julian to her.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“It's hard to say." Helen shut the window. "Julian has always been able to make sacrifices that were difficult and hide the pain it caused him.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Julian swung his feet up, planting his boots on Horace’s desk. Emma blinked. Julian had always been rebellious at heart, but rarely openly. He smiled like an angel and”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“In another life, I could have been a surfer," said Jace.

"You would have spent all your time jumping off the board and punching sharks," said Alec. "That's not really surfing.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“You’ve always felt everything so intensely,” she said after a moment’s pause. “And that was something I did love about you. How much you loved your family, how you would do anything for them. But you kept your heart closed off. You didn’t trust anyone, and I don’t blame you—you took everything on yourself, and you kept so many secrets, because you thought you had to. But when you opened up the Institute for the war council, you made yourself trust other people to help you execute a plan. You didn’t hide;
you let yourself be open to being hurt or betrayed so you could lead them.
And when you came to me in the Silent City and you stopped me breaking the rune—” Her voice shook. “You told me to trust not just you but in the intrinsic goodness of the world. That was my worst point, my darkest point, and you were there, despite everything, with your heart open. You were there to bring me home.”
He laid his fingers against the bare skin of her arm, where her parabatai rune had once been. “You brought me back too,” he said with a sort of awe.
“I’ve loved you all my life, Emma. And when I felt nothing, I realized—
without that love, I was nothing. You’re the reason I wanted to break out of the cage. You made me understand that love creates far more joy than any pain it causes.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“He needed the release of the tears, she thought but he'd forgotten the mechanisms of weeping after so many years of holding back.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“They always say faeries steal human children because they can't make art or music of their own. Neither can warlocks or vampires. It requires mortality to make art. The knowledge of death, of things limited. There is fire inside us, Emma, and as it blazes, it burns us, and the burning causes pain- but without its lights, I cannot see to draw”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Aline cleared her throat. "Emma and Julian," she said. "I don't know you that well, and this giant thing is admittedly a huge surprise. That wasn't a pun. I was being literal.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Let me through, my Land, for I belong to you”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Is everything all right?” They were going to be asking each other that constantly for quite some time, he guessed. And it never would really be okay, but they would reassure each other anyway about the small things, the measure of tiny victories: yes, Dru slept a little; yes, Ty is eating a bit; yes, we’re all still breathing.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Emma rolled her eyes. “Zara, Clary and Jace weren’t related.”
“Yeah, well, they thought they were, and that’s the same!” Zara screamed”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Ty glanced anxiously at the clock. A moment later Kit was downstairs, looking uncomfortable in a white gear jacket. Ty didn’t say anything, or even glance over at him, but the tension in his shoulders relaxed slightly.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness

“Cats actually do okay here,” said Diana. “They’re a little demony themselves.”
― Cassandra Clare, Queen of Air and Darkness