City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)

by Cassandra Clare

If there was one thing she was learning from all this, it was how easy it was to lose everything you had always thought you’d have forever.

to love is to destroy, and that to be loved is to be the one destroyed.”

“Where there is feeling that is not requited,” said Hodge, “there is an imbalance of power. It is an imbalance that is easy to exploit, but it is not a wise course. Where there is love, there is often also hate. They can exist side by side.”