Clary Fairchild Quotes

Iris Rouse: After everything I've done, this is how it ends... burned at the stake for not doing magic.

Clary Fairchild: What are you talking about?

Iris Rouse: The Consul moved up my execution because I refused to perform a spell for her.

Clary Fairchild: The Clave hires warlocks all the time. Why ask you?

Iris Rouse: Because necromancy is my specialty. But even I know no good would come from resurrecting Valentine Morgenstern.

Jia Penhallow: Do you have anything you'd like to say before receiving your sentence?

Clary Fairchild: If you were at Lake Lyn... and it was Aline instead of Jace... what would you have done?

Jia Penhallow: I know your mother raised you as a mundane... with the idealistic belief that love comes above all. If I'd been at Lake Lyn, we'd still have Raziel's wish. Because being a Shadowhunter is about sacrifice. That's the one thing you've never understood. But maybe now you will. Clarissa Fairchild... you are hereby sentenced... to death.

Jia Penhallow: Do you have any idea what you've done? Since the time of Jonathan Shadowhunter, we have battled demons with the reassurance that if an insurmountable evil were to take over the world, the Angel's wish could save us. You've taken that away.

Clary Fairchild: To you, an insurmountable evil is a world overrun by demons. To me, it's the mass murder of all creatures with demon blood. Any wish that has the power to cause that kind of destruction is not a gift. It's a curse. I'm glad it's gone.