I knew a girl, once, immortal like me-""And she was with someone mortal?" said Alec. "What happened?""He died," Magnus s — Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
I knew a girl, once, immortal like me-""And she was with someone mortal?" said Alec. "What happened?""He died," Magnus s — Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
I knew a girl, once, immortal like me-""And she was with someone mortal?" said Alec. "What happened?""He died," Magnus s — Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
I knew a girl, once, immortal like me-""And she was with someone mortal?" said Alec. "What happened?""He died," Magnus s — Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
I knew a girl, once, immortal like me-""And she was with someone mortal?" said Alec. "What happened?""He died," Magnus s — Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
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I knew a girl, once, immortal like me-""And she was with someone mortal?" said Alec. "What happened?""He died," Magnus said. There was a finality to the way he said it that spoke of a deeper grief than words could paint.

— Cassandra Clare, City of Heavenly Fire
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