Cassandra Clare: "Dia menatapnya dengan datar. Ada sesuatu di matanya,...

"Dia menatapnya dengan datar. Ada sesuatu di matanya, semacam kekaguman yang aneh; dia bertanya-tanya apakah itu hanya kekaguman pada penampilan Jessamine. "Tidak," katanya. "Tidak, meskipun kamu adalah gambar sempurna Jessamine, aku bisa melihat Tessa melewatinya seolah-olah, jika aku mengikis lapisan cat, akan ada Tessa-ku di bawahnya." "Cahaya bersinar di matanya redup. "Cukup adil," katanya. "Kurasa kamu tidak."

--- Cassandra Clare

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He looked at her levelly. There was something in his eyes, a sort of quizzical admiration; she wondered if it was simply admiration of Jessamine’s looks. “No,” he said. “No, even though you are the perfect picture of Jessamine, I can see Tessa through it somehow as if, if I were to scrape away a layer of paint, there would be my Tessa underneath.” “I am not your Tessa either.” The light sparkling in his eyes dimmed. “Fair enough,” he said. “I suppose you are not.