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f4727d7
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You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.
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life
james-carstairs
william-herondale
magnus-bane
goodbye
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Cassandra Clare |
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a7acc57
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Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know what they would do.
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william-herondale
will-herondale
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Cassandra Clare |
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e684d5c
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Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.
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william-herondale
will-herondale
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Cassandra Clare |
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5750cbd
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"Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?"
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bravery
ducks
clockwork-princess
william-herondale
tessa-gray
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Cassandra Clare |
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8e78b20
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"They say you cannot love two people equally at once," she said. "And perhaps for others that is so. But you and Will--you are not like two ordinary people, two people who might have been jealous of each other, or who would have imagined my love for one of them diminished by my love of the other. You merged your souls when you were both children. I could not have loved Will so much if I had not loved you as well. And I could not love you as I do if I had not loved Will as I did."
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epilogue
james-castairs
jem-castairs
tessa
theresa-gray
william-herondale
the-infernal-devices
tessa-gray
infernal-devices
will-herondale
jem
will
soul
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Cassandra Clare |
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d42effd
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"In that case" Tessa said, feeling hot blood rise to her face,"I think I would prefer it if you called me by my Christian name, as you do with Miss Lovelace. Will look at her, slow and hard, then smiled. His blue eyes lit when he smiled. "Then you must do the same for me," he said. "Tessa." She had never thought about her name much before, but when he said it, it was as if she were hearing if for the first time-the hard , the caress of the double S, the way it seemed to end on a breath. Her own breath was very short when he said, softly, "Will." "Yes?" Amusement glittered his eyes. With a sort of horror Tessa realized that she had simply said his name for the sake of saying it; she hadn't actually had a question."
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william-herondale
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Cassandra Clare |
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0266206
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"I love you so much, so incredibly much," he went on, "and I forget when you're close to me, I forget who you are. I forget that you're Jem's. I'd have to be the worst sort of person to think what I'm thinking right now. But I am thinking it."
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but-this-book-ruined-them
cp2
i-used-to-have-a-heart
tid
james-carstairs
clockwork-princess
william-herondale
the-infernal-devices
parabatai
tessa-gray
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Cassandra Clare |
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92e38bd
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"I've mastered many thing's in my life. Navigating the streets of London, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of flower arranging, lying at charades, concealing a highly intoxicated state, delighting young women with my charms..." Tessa stared. "Alas," he went on, "no one has ever actually referred to me as 'the master' or 'the magister', either. More's the pity..." "Are you highly intoxicated at the moment?"
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william-herondale
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Cassandra Clare |
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c8fad22
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"Dear me," said Will, and he took another bite of his apple. "Is it because I'm better-looking than you?"
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william-herondale
the-infernal-devices
will-herondale
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Cassandra Clare |
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cf7f317
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"Tessa exploded "I am not asking you to maul me in the Whispering Gallery! By the Angel, Will, would you stop being so polite?!" He looked at her in amazement. "But wouldn't you rather-" "I would not rather. I don't want you to be polite! I want you to be Will! I don't want you to indicate points of architectural interest to me as if you were a Baedecker guide! I want you to say dreadfully mad, funny things, and make up songs and be-" The Will I fell in love with, she almost said. "And be Will," she finished instead. "Or I shall strike you with my umbrella." "I am trying to court you," Will said in exasperation. "Court you properly. That's what all this has been about. You know that, don't you?" "Mr. Rochester never courted Jane Eyre," Tessa pointed out. "No, he dressed up as a woman and terrified the poor girl out of her wits. Is that what you want?" "You would make a very ugly woman." "I would not. I would be stunning." Tessa laughed. "There," she said. "There is Will. Isn't that better? Don't you think so?" "I don't know," Will said, eyeing her. I'm afraid to answer that. I've heard that when I speak, it makes American women wish to strike me with umbrellas." Tessa laughed again, and then they were both laughing, their smothered giggles bouncing off the walls of the Whispering Gallery. After that, things were decidedly easier between them, and Will's smile when he helped her down from the carriage on their return home, was bright and real."
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humor
love
p-522
tessa-grey
umbrellas
william-herondale
jane-eyre
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Cassandra Clare |
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a37e4a5
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"Perhaps not," said Will, who had ears like a bat's. "But I would make a radiant bride."
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humor
sass
william-herondale
will
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Cassandra Clare |
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04bd97f
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Every student, Shadowhunter and mundane alike, knew the name Herondale. It was Jace's last name. It was the name of heroes.
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herondales
mundanes
james-herondale
william-herondale
herondale
jace-herondale
shadowhunters
students
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Cassandra Clare |
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f1798a2
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"I thought you needed me," Jem said. "There is a wall you have built about yourself, Will, and I have never asked you why. But no one should shoulder every burden alone. I thought you would let me inside if I became your parabatai, and then you would have at least someone to lean upon. I did wonder what my death would mean for you. I used to fear it, for your sake. I feared you would be left alone inside that wall. But now ... something has changed. I do not know why. But I know that it is true." "That what is true?" Will's fingers were still digging into Jem's wrist. "That the wall is coming down."
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william-herondale
parabatai
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Cassandra Clare |
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41c47b9
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"The moment the door closed behind him, Tessa was in Will's arms, her hands locked about his neck. "Oh, by the Angel," she said. "That was mortifying." Will slid his hands into her hair and was kissing her, kissing her eyelids and her cheeks and then her mouth, quickly but with fervor and concentration, as if nothing could be more important. "Listen to you," he said. "You said 'by the angel.' Like a Shadowhunter." He kissed the side of her mouth. "I love you. God, I love you. I waited so long to say it."
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love
mortifying
p-435
william-herondale
tessa-gray
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Cassandra Clare |
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c3e962f
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"Why are we bringing him along, again?" Will inquired, of the world in general as well as his sister. Cecily put her hands on her hips. "Why are you bringing Tessa?" "Because Tessa and I are going to be married," Will said, and Tessa smiled; the way that Will's little sister could ruffle his feathers like no one else was still amusing to her. "Well, Gabriel and I might well be married," Cecily said. "Someday." Gabriel made a choking noise, and turned an alarming shade of purple. Will threw up his hands. "You can't be married Cecily! You're only fifteen! When I get married, I'll be eighteen! An adult!" Cecily did not look impressed. "We may have a long engagement," she said. "But I cannot see why you are counseling me to marry a man my parents have never met."
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marriage
humor
p-541
gabriel-lightwood
william-herondale
tessa-gray
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Cassandra Clare |
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ec7ae06
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"The moment his hand closed about the stone, light blazed from it again, raying out through his fingers. For the first time Tessa saw that he had a design on the back of his hand, drawn there as if in black ink. It looked like an open eye. "As for the temperature of Hell, Miss Gray," he said, "let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate it never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs."
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william-herondale
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Cassandra Clare |
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92901a1
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"Gibberish?" Jem suggested "Pornographic?" said Will at the same time. "Could be both," said Will. "Haven't you ever heard of pornographic gibberish before?"
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william-herondale
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Cassandra Clare |
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8e1b8dd
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"Will grinned. "Some of these books are dangerous," he said. "It's wise to be careful.""One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.""I'm not sure a book has ever changed me," said Will. "Well, there is one volume that promises to teach one how to turn oneself into an entire flock of sheep--""Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry," said Tessa" --
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poetry
books
fandom
fandom-talk
literarature
the-clockwork-angel
tid
william-herondale
the-infernal-devices
clockwork-angel
tessa-gray
will-herondale
cassandra-clare
bookworms
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Cassandra Clare |