City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)

by Cassandra Clare

growing up happens when you start having things you look back on and wish you could change. I guess that means I’ve grown up now.

“To draw something is to try to capture it forever,”

But if you can’t tell the truth to the people you care about the most, eventually you stop being able to tell the truth to yourself.”

“Every time you almost die, I almost die myself.”