Cassandra Clare: "... Di Paris dia menemukan Magnus, yang tinggal di s...

"... Di Paris dia menemukan Magnus, yang tinggal di sebuah apartemen loteng dan paiting, sebuah pekerjaan yang dia tidak punya bakat apa pun. Dia membiarkannya tidur di kasur dekat jendela, dan di malam hari, ketika dia terbangun berteriak untuk Will, dia datang dan memeluknya, berbau terpentin. "Yang pertama selalu yang paling sulit," katanya. "Pertama?" "Yang pertama kau cinta yang mati," katanya. "Setelah itu menjadi lebih mudah."

--- Cassandra Clare

Versi Bahasa Inggris

...In Paris she found Magnus, who was living in a garret apartment and paiting, an occupation for which he had no aptitude whatsoever. He let her sleep on a mattress by the window, and in the night, when she woke up screaming for Will, he came and put his arms around her, smelling of turpentine. "The first one is always the hardest," he said. "The first?" "The first one you love who dies," he said. "It gets easier, after.