City of Bones Quotes by Chapter

Chapter 1

It was as if they had sprung into existence between one blink of her eyes and the next. (1.58)

Chapter 2

"Clary, you're an artist. [...] You see the world in ways that other people don't." (2.46)

Chapter 3

"Declarations of love amuse me, especially when unrequited." (3.57)

Chapter 4

Clary saw the [police woman's] hand was fleshless, a skeleton hand sharpened to bone points at the fingertips. (4.53)

Chapter 5

The dreams held her, one after the other, a river of images that bore her along like a leaf tossed in a current. [...] Simon with crosses burned into the palms of his hands. Angels, falling and bur...

Chapter 6

"Down the rabbit hole." (6.20)

Chapter 7

"Most myths are true, at least in part." (7.29)

Chapter 8

[Clary's] favorite was a statuette of the Indian goddess of destruction, Kali, brandishing a sword and a severed head as she danced with head thrown back and her eyes slitted closed. (8.119)

Chapter 9

"We find it useful to inhabit hallowed ground." (9.11)

Chapter 10

Clary didn't see how killing one person could make right the death of another, but she sensed there was no point saying that. (10.254)

Chapter 11

"[Idris is] a place blessed by the Angel." (11.121)

Chapter 12

If they dance any closer together, they won't have to go off in a corner to have sex. (12.64)

Chapter 13

"Let's not be hasty." Jace was actually grinning, the bastard. […] "[Simon's] cute like that. Look at his little pink nose." (13.115)

Chapter 14

"You go in there and do for your friend what I could not do for my brother." (14.109)

Chapter 16

[Clary] could see how she was hurting [Alec], and it made her glad. Someone else ought to be in pain for a change. (16.46)

Chapter 17

"I don't like flat soda. I don't like crappy boy band pop. I don't like being stuck in traffic. I don't like math homework. I hate Jace. See the difference?" (17.119)

Chapter 18

"We all see what we want to see," [Simon] said quietly. (18.197)

Chapter 19

"It's their job, Clary," [Simon] said gently. "Fighting demons--it's what they do. Not what you do." (19.104)

Chapter 20

"All that this angelic heritage has given to us is a longer distance to fall." (20.21)

Chapter 21

"Since the death of his father, Valentine had become an outspoken proponent of war against all Downworlders, not just ones who broke the Accords." (21.10)

Chapter 22

"If we catch Valentine," [Clary] asked abruptly, "can we kill him?" (22.60)

Chapter 23

The neck of [Valentine's] shirt gaped open a little, showing his scarred collarbones. Scarred, like his son's, like all Nephilim. A life of scars and killing, Hodge had said. (23.18)