She closed her eyes and jumped. For a moment she felt herself hang suspended, free of everything. Then gravity took over, and she plunged toward the floor. Instinctively she pulled her arms and legs in, keeping her eyes squeezed shut. The cord pulled taut and she rebounded, flying back up before falling again. As her velocity slowed, she opened her eyes and found herself dangling at the end of the cord, about five feet above Jace. He was grinning. 'Nice', he said. 'As graceful as a falling snowflake. β¨ Cassandra Clare (2010). Cassandra Clare: The Mortal Instrument Series (3 books): City of Bones; City of Ashes; City of Glass, p.1259, Simon and Schuster
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- I would leave at once, but it would be cruel to abandon a lady in a foreign land with a maniac. β¨ Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). The Bane Chronicles, p.21, Simon and Sch β¦ βΆ
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