Cassandra Clare Crush Quotations

He took her by the shoulders and pulled her closer to him, his fingers knotting in the fabric of her dress. Even more than in the attic, she felt caught in the eddy of a powerful wave that threatened to pull her over and under, to crush and break her, to wear her down to softness as the sea might wear down a piece of glass.

The more you try to crush your true nature, the more it will control you. Be what you are. No one who really loves you will stop.

You might want to lie down," Magnus advised. "I find that it helps when the crushing sense of horrible realization sets in.