![Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-giyEhHVqF-k/X1t2FAKlHeI/AAAAAAAAIcM/stBPEns916kAbNMFIflAbUG02fINo2mJgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/men-may-be-stronger-but-it-is-women-who-endure.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Category: Cassandra Clare
![Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-giyEhHVqF-k/X1t2FAKlHeI/AAAAAAAAIcM/stBPEns916kAbNMFIflAbUG02fINo2mJgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/men-may-be-stronger-but-it-is-women-who-endure.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![You’re an idiot.””I’ve never claimed to be otherwise.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wwgtqCriQUQ/X1uTvAum1nI/AAAAAAAAL5o/yUTJLOhp0tMM4rqgdywW5PlpciVtNe3JQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/youre-an-idiotive-never-claimed-to-be-otherwise.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
You’re an idiot.””I’ve never claimed to be otherwise.
![As it turned out, everyone wanted a doughnut. Jace wanted two.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cYwISw1IOKI/X1tdnpwhCnI/AAAAAAAAFok/j_I1Kxa17u8zKKtp6iaWUmUtTPVYxO0cACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/as-it-turned-out-everyone-wanted-a-doughnut-jace-wanted-two.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
As it turned out, everyone wanted a doughnut. Jace wanted two.
![I think she just asked if she could touch my mango.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ohSziV94048/X1tt_5esm8I/AAAAAAAAHnE/_TY3dFhv-3oIcXve_LkVmwrKpBXHVh0pQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-think-she-just-asked-if-she-could-touch-my-mango.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I think she just asked if she could touch my mango.
![To make a true choice, we must have true knowledge.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9dUPMLHbfhs/X1uOKeytqOI/AAAAAAAAK8A/m6C8r6BxoY8uKSnd4njRX6KG5wljgNn7QCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/to-make-a-true-choice-we-must-have-true-knowledge.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
To make a true choice, we must have true knowledge.
![When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7LHhS0FtB_E/X1uQYitvU_I/AAAAAAAALXU/jL6voVUD1ngNBMgoo7AWGOE5FV3Oaln-gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/when-no-one-you-know-tells-the-truth-you-learn-to-see-under-the-surface.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
When no one you know tells the truth, you learn to see under the surface.
![Every time you almost die, I almost die myself.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k2Wt6baKpeo/X1tm0ZA2C6I/AAAAAAAAGVQ/BV4IwUgbm8UV4V_hZOJmlo5OyARaOecYQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/every-time-you-almost-die-i-almost-die-myself.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Every time you almost die, I almost die myself.
![But you hate poetry!Yes, but you make me want to write it.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YikNMCgnL2A/X1tiGVwg_qI/AAAAAAAAF40/Lc0Z4TCJRRUrJHTssGszU9Gwok3f2tybgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/but-you-hate-poetryyes-but-you-make-me-want-to-write-it.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
But you hate poetry!Yes, but you make me want to write it.
![Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine)](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--rvBYyizsnI/X1toJ3NCLvI/AAAAAAAAGq0/H0UvDu2J44cByjYPeFAZ36vFs7YhDD0OwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/hate-is-nothing-when-weighed-against-survival-valentine.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Hate is nothing when weighed against survival. (Valentine)
![Enormous? Did you just call me FAT? I am not fat. – Jace](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a_-R1jc40NE/X1tjmqqN68I/AAAAAAAAGO4/FByA7P6BsxwAcbxpX8A1gGfRCDFaZ5FqwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/enormous-did-you-just-call-me-fat-i-am-not-fat-jace.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Enormous? Did you just call me FAT? I am not fat. – Jace
![It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-erJe5sNSyBY/X1tvhKdrh-I/AAAAAAAAH4c/-bR0FduIZ5IfBfKGRMoL_PEgQh_3W6ToQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-was-odd-tessa-thought-what-brought-out-tenderness-in-people.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.
![Everything that happens to you matters to me.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lVPrS7uAUo0/X1tm-7E9I0I/AAAAAAAAGXw/EussLmC6vLkMvr6nxxEjLy9CwLEDdqZ0gCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/everything-that-happens-to-you-matters-to-me.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)