City of Bones Chapter 17 Quotes
How we cite the quotes:
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Quote 1
"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)
Simon clearly never heard '90s boy band LFO sing "Summer Girls" or that might put his hatred for boy bands in the same, or higher, category than his hatred for Jace.
Quote 2
"I've never liked any of your girlfriends, but at least I've had the decency to keep it to myself." (17.122)
It looks like the time for decency has passed. Air that dirty laundry, Clary!
Quote 3
"I was trying to make you jealous!" Simon screamed. [...] "You're so stupid, Clary. You're so stupid, can't you see anything?" (17.127)
Finally someone speaks his mind. Holding in these feelings for so long causes some volatile explosions of hurtful words. But hey, at least it's all out in the open.
Quote 4
"There might have been a time when one or the other of us considered it, but [Isabelle's] almost a sister to me. It would be strange." (17.69)
Almost a sister = strange. Actually a sister = go for it, bro! This book has some strange notions about incest. But we have a sneaking suspicion that those notions might be explained in the sequels…
Quote 5
"[Isabelle] always wanted to be small and delicate, you know. She hates being taller than most boys." (17.75)
Even pretty girls have body issues. Like man shoulders and sucky nail beds.
Quote 6
[Jace] looked like a fair-haired angel from a Rembrandt painting. (17.8)
This is meant to be compliment, and something that Clary, an art student, would think, but it sure doesn't sound very masculine or heroic. Sorry, Gabriel.
Quote 7
[Clary] cradled [her sketchbook] to her chest, not wanting to draw in it, just craving the feel and smell of familiar things: ink, paper, chalk. (17.136)
Art is as much about physical sensations as it is about mental ones. And for Clary, art's kind of like home.
Quote 8
If a rune could bring a painting to life, then maybe— (17.143)
If it doesn't work, then Clary has just succeeded at defacing a painting, which she will probably feel pretty rotten about later.