P.40 "By the Angel, it's like the ninth circle of Hell down here--" "The ninth circle of Hell is cold," Tessa said automatically. Will stared at her. "What?" "In the Inferno," she told him. "Hell is cold. It's covered in ice."
P.88 "Oh! Do you have A Tale of Two Cities?" "That silly things? Men going around getting their head chopped off for love? Ridiculous." "No, here you'll find all sorts of advice about how to chop off someone's else's head if you need to; much more useful."
P.191 "Perhaps you are the sort who would sacrifice yourself on the alter of principle, but I doubt it. Most of us do things for reasons that are more pure personal. For love, or for hate." "Or for revenge."
P.224 "It's a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done," Will quoted. "It's a far, far better rest that I go to than I ever known." "Sydney Carton? But you said you hated A Tale of Two Cities"
P.236 "I thought vampires couldn't touch holy things." "......De Quincey actually collects old Bibles. He says there's hardly another book out there with so much blood on the pages."
P.282 "It would be wonderful if we all knew exactly who we were. But that knowledge doesn't come from outside, but from inside. 'Know thyself,' as the oracle says."
P.283 "Whatever you are physically, male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matters less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same, You are the flame,
P.320 "Almost the first thing I realized when I came here that my father never thought of himself as British, not the way Englishman would. Real Englishmen are British first, and gentlemen second. Whatever else it is they might be-a doctor, a magistrate or landowner-comes third.
For Shadowhunters it's different. We are Nephilim, first and foremost and only after that do we make a nod to whatever country we might have been born and bred in. And as for third, there is no third. We only ever Shadowhunters. When other Nephilim look at men they see only Shadowhunters.
《Clockwork Angel》 Cassandra Clare
著名的《骸骨之城》（City of Bones）系列 #TheMortalInstruments 前傳
#TheInfernalDevices （渾沌魔器）
#讀嘛讀嘛 #內有劇透
這兩張形象圖蠻符合這本書的氣氛，雖然想說「十九世紀的倫敦！」但我對十九世紀的倫敦知道個屁呢～
但看他們幾個鬥嘴蠻好玩的，還聊了一些書真開心（是否該來看看三劍客）
"By the Angel, it's like the ninth circle of Hell down here--"
"The ninth circle of Hell is cold," Tessa said automatically.
Will stared at her. "What?"
"In the Inferno," she told him. "Hell is cold. It's covered in ice."
"One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us."
"Oh! Do you have A Tale of Two Cities?"
"That silly things? Men going around getting their head chopped off for love? Ridiculous."
"No, here you'll find all sorts of advice about how to chop off someone's else's head if you need to; much more useful."
"What about you? What do you believe?"
"Pulvis et umbra sumus," said Will, not looking at her as he spoke. "I believe we are dust and shadows."
"Perhaps you are the sort who would sacrifice yourself on the alter of principle, but I doubt it. Most of us do things for reasons that are more pure personal. For love, or for hate."
"Or for revenge."
"One for all, and all for one."
"The Three Musketeers?"
"It's a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done," Will quoted. "It's a far, far better rest that I go to than I ever known."
"Sydney Carton? But you said you hated A Tale of Two Cities"
"I thought vampires couldn't touch holy things."
"......De Quincey actually collects old Bibles. He says there's hardly another book out there with so much blood on the pages."
"It would be wonderful if we all knew exactly who we were. But that knowledge doesn't come from outside, but from inside. 'Know thyself,' as the oracle says."
"Whatever you are physically, male or female, strong or weak, ill or healthy--all those things matters less than what your heart contains. If you have the soul of warrior, you are a warrior. Whatever the color, the shape, the design of the shade that conceals it, the flame inside the lamp remains the same, You are the flame,
"You're always been what you are. That's not new. What you'll get used to is knowing it."
"Almost the first thing I realized when I came here that my father never thought of himself as British, not the way Englishman would. Real Englishmen are British first, and gentlemen second. Whatever else it is they might be-a doctor, a magistrate or landowner-comes third.
"Goodness -real goodness- has its own sort of cruelty to it."