Cassandra Clare Quotes
I Know That Mundane History Is Not Of Enormous Interest To Most Shadowhunters", He Said. "But There Was A Time Before The Nephilim. A Time When Rome Battled The City Of Carthage, And Over The Course Of Many Wars Was Victorious. After One Of The Wars, Rome Demanded That Carthage Pay Them Tribute, That Carthage Abandon Their Army, And That The Land Of Carthage Be Sowed With Salt. The Historian Tacitus Said Of The Romans That 'they Make A Desert And Call It Peace.'" He Turned To Jia. "The Carthaginians Never Forgot. Their Hatred Of Rome Sparked Another War In The End, And That War Ended In Death And Slavery. That Was Not Peace. This Is Not Peace."
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"The Fair Folk Have Long Hated The Nephilim For Their Harshness. Show Them Something Other Than Harshness, And You Will Receive Something Other Than Hate In Return!
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