“Change is no loss, Will. Not always.”

“Change is not always accomplished peacefully, but that does not make it disadventageous.”

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

“Pain made you strong. Loss made you powerful.”

“It doesn’t change what we are to each other. It’s like there’s always been a piece of my soul missing, and it’s inside you, Clary.”

“A Mark that spoke of loss was still a Mark, a remembrance. You could not lose something you never had.”

“He played of love and loss and years of silence, words unsaid and vows unspoken, and all the spaces between his heart and theirs...”