Clockwork Angel (The Infernal Devices, #1)

by Cassandra Clare

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

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

‘We are dust and shadows.’

“Dreams can be dangerous things.”

“There are worse things than that. 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.”