More quotes by Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

"It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people."
"If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?"
"Are you implying that shreds of my reputation remain intact?"Will demanded with mock horror. "Clearly I have been doing something wrong. Or not something wrong, as the case may be."He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship."
"Well, she's not responding to my advances,"he observed more brightly than he felt, "so she must be dead.""Or she's a woman of good taste and sense."
"One must always be careful of books,"said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us."