Every heart has its own melody.

Lies and secrets, Tessa, they are like a cancer in the soul. They eat away what is good and leave only destruction behind.

Our hearts, they need a mirror, Tessa. We see our better selves in the eyes of those who love us.

If no one in the entire world cared about you, did you really exist at all?

Do reasons matter when there's nothing that can be done to change things.

Clary found herself wondering if the forsaken were edible.

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.

It's all right to love someone who doesn't love you back, as long as they're worth you loving them. As long as they deserve it.

Men may be stronger, but it is women who endure.

Or maybe it's just that beautiful things are so easily broken by the world.

Dreams can be dangerous things.

You can't forget the things you did in the past, or you'll never learn from them.

You endure what is unbearable, and you bear it. That is all.

If you were half as funny as you think you are, you'd be twice as funny as you are now.

People who know and love the same books as you, have the road map to your soul.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Life is a book and there are a thousand pages I have not yet read.