Cassandra Clare Quotes

“Jace said that the cast of Gilligan's Island could do something anatomically unlikely with themselves.”

“In the different voice of women lies the truth of an ethic of care, the tie between relationship and responsibility, and the origins of aggression in the failure of connection.”

“Speaking and listening are a form of psychic breathing.”

“It may be somewhat paradoxical to refer to shame as a 'feeling,' for while shame is initially painful, constant shaming leads to a deadening of feeling. Shame, like cold, is, in essence, the absence of warmth. And when it reaches overwhelming intensity, shame is experienced, like cold, as a feeling of numbness and deadness. [In Dante's Inferno] the lowest circle of hell was a region not of flames, but of ice---absolute coldness.”

“The most dangerous men on earth are those who are afraid they are wimps”

“All violence is an attempt to replace shame with self-esteem.”

“I felt alone out there, like I was on a desert island. I felt like Gilligan.”

“Jace suggested that the cast of "Gilligan's Island" could go do something anatomically unlikely with themselves.”

“Women's deference is rooted not only in their social subordination but also in the substance of their moral concern. Sensitivity to the needs of others and the assumption of responsibility for taking care lead women to attend to voices other than their own and to include in their judgement other points of view.”

“Skylar, you have to understand... All the things I did... I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And... I was... really... I was alive.”