Quotes from the Shadowhunter Universe

City of Fallen Angels

The Mortal Instruments: City of Fallen Angels

**** IF YOU HAVEN'T READ CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS YET, DO NOT READ THIS PART AS IT CONTAINS QUOTES WITH POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE STORY. I DON'T WANT TO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE HAVING THE STORY RUINED FOR THEM ****

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"Love is a contradiction"

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"I swear on the Angel." He ducked his head down, kissed her cheek. "The hell with that. I swear on us."

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"I met Napoleon once," said Magnus. "We didn't have an affair, though. He was shockingly prudish for a Frenchman."

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"I don't know why I had to fall in love with someone who's more stubborn than I am."

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"I love you, Jace Wayland-Herondale-Lightwood-whatever you want to call yourself. I don't care. I love you and I will always love you, and pretending it could be any other way is just a waste of time."

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"Yes...and I'm worried that if you get into the habit of making out with your instructors, you'll wind up making out with him, too."

"Don't be sexist. They could find me a female instructor."

"In that case you have my permission to make out with her, as long as I can watch."

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"I mean it. You don't look good."

"This from a guy who has all the sex appeal of a penguin"

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He shrugged, and picked up a piece of fruit at random. "What's this?"

"That's a mango." Simon stared at Jace. Sometimes it really was like Shadowhunters were from an alien planet.

"I don't think I've ever seen one of those that wasn't already cut up," Jace mused. "I like mangoes."

Simon grabbed the mango and tossed it into the cart. "Great. What else do you like?"

Jace pondered for a moment. "Tomato soup," he said finally.

"Tomato soup? You want tomato soup and a mango for dinner?"

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The girl said something to him breathlessly; he shrugged; she pressed something into his hand, and then dashed back to her friend. They wobbled out of the store, giggling together.

Simon went over to Jace and dropped the soup can in the cart. "So what was that all about?"

"I think," Jace said, "that she asked if she could touch my mango."

"She said that?"

Jace shrugged. "Yeah, then she gave me her number."

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"I guess you're coming as my date now."

"I'm secure enough in my masculinity to accept that," said Jordan. "We'd better get you something nice to wear, though," he called as Simon headed back into his room. "I want you to look pretty."

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"Will you be hear when I get back?"

Simon shrugged. "Probably not. I have a dress fitting to get to at three."

"Cool," said Kyle, slinging a messenger bag over his shoulder and heading toward the door. "Get them to make you something in red. It's totally your color."

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