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No one anticipated the furor we've seen over gene-altered foods. Right now, the future of biotechnology in agriculture depends on how Americans respond to these products. And no one's making any predictions.


Clare Hasler

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CASSANDRA CLARE I've got the Mark of Cain," said Simon. "That means nothing can kill me, right?"
"You can kill ...
CASSANDRA CLARE aren't you, uh... reproducing?

"sure, we love reproducing it's one of our favorite things...
CASSANDRA CLARE Tessa touched his wrist lightly with her hand. "Be brave," she said. "It's not a duck, is it?
CASSANDRA CLARE I don't want tea," said Clary, with muffled force. "I want to find my mother. And then I want to fin...
CASSANDRA CLARE One does no question miracles, or complain that they are no constructed perfectly to one's liking.
CASSANDRA CLARE He made it very clear that he didn’t want me here,” she said at last. “That my remaining at th...
CASSANDRA CLARE Eternity is a long time to spend alone, without others of your kind.
CASSANDRA CLARE Jace broke off the kiss and stepped back with an exhale; before Clary could say anything, a chorus o...
CASSANDRA CLARE You could have fooled me. Everytime I called you, Luke said you were sick. I figured you were avoidi...
CASSANDRA CLARE I could not tell you if I loved you the first moment I saw you, or if it was the second or third or ...
CASSANDRA CLARE What's this?" he demanded, looking from Clary to his companions, as if they might know what she was ...
CASSANDRA CLARE Declarations of love amuse me. Especially when unrequited.
CASSANDRA CLARE You could have had anything else in the world, and you asked for me."
She smiled up at him. Fil...
CASSANDRA CLARE And now I’m looking at you,” he said, “and you’re asking me if I still want you, as if I cou...
CASSANDRA CLARE In the end that was the choice you made, and it doesn't matter how hard it was to make it. It matter...
CASSANDRA CLARE Old April wanes, and her last dewy morn Her death-bed steeps in tears; to hail the May New blo...
JOHN CLARE When you love someone, they become a part of who you are. They’re in everything you do. They’re ...
CASSANDRA CLARE Do not let any of them tell you who you are. You are the flame that cannot be put out. You are the s...
CASSANDRA CLARE Every decision you make, makes you. Never let other people choose who you’re going to be.
CASSANDRA CLARE Your place is with me," Jem said. "It always Will be.
CASSANDRA CLARE You sound as if you don't mind what happens to it," said Tessa. "Won't you miss it here? This place ...
CASSANDRA CLARE It was books that made me feel that perhaps I was not completely alone. They could be honest with me...
CASSANDRA CLARE People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you l...
CASSANDRA CLARE Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.
CASSANDRA CLARE You've always been what you are. That's not new. What you'll get used to is knowing it.
CASSANDRA CLARE One finds nobility in the oddest places.
CASSANDRA CLARE Patience, grasshopper," said Maia. "Good things come to those who wait."
"I always thought that...
CASSANDRA CLARE Gardens and flowers have a way of bringing people together, drawing them from their homes.
CLARE ANSBERRY You are new here, so I will explain. In this land, nobility comes not from one’s fathers or a titl...
PAMELA CLARE If I made a joke about just dropping by, would you write me off as cliché?
CASSANDRA CLARE I've never minded it," he went on. "Being lost, that is. I had always thought one could not truly be...
CASSANDRA CLARE People have accused me of being in favor of globalization. This is equivalent to accusing me of bein...
CLARE SHORT He could not die when trees were green, for he loved the time too well.
JOHN CLARE Having thyroid cancer in 2009 really didn't change my life at all. I wish I could say that I had...
CLARE BALDING If you are fearful, a horse will back off. If you are calm and confident, it will come forward. For ...
CLARE BALDING Will tossed the bloody cloth aside. “And you wonder why we aren’t friends.”
“I just wo...
CASSANDRA CLARE It was odd, (Tessa thought), what brought out tenderness in people.
CASSANDRA CLARE You're not gay, are you?"
Simon's greenish color deepened. "If I were, I would dress better.
CASSANDRA CLARE Is this Clarissa Fray?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded familiar, though not immedia...
CASSANDRA CLARE I learned to play the instruments of war," he said, "and paint in blood.
CASSANDRA CLARE The first morning Simon had been at Amatis's house, a grinning lycanthrope had showed up on the door...
CASSANDRA CLARE And second, keep in mind that you are a weapon. In theory, when you're done with training, you shoul...
CASSANDRA CLARE So--what's it like, being a vampire?"

"Aline!" Isabelle looked appalled. "You can't just ...
CASSANDRA CLARE Fresh is better. But you've never drunk fresh blood. Have you?"
Simon raised his eyebrow in res...
CASSANDRA CLARE Happy birthday, Alexander," Magnus murmured.
"Thanks for remembering," Alec whispered back.
CASSANDRA CLARE While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and ski...
CASSANDRA CLARE I'm sorry. I use my rapier wit to hide my inner pain.
CASSANDRA CLARE