Jorelene

“We came to see Jace. Is he alright?"
"I don't know," Magnus said. "Does he normally just lie on the floor like that without moving?”
― Cassandra Clare, City of Ashes

“You know that feeling,” she said, “when you are reading a book, and you know that it is going to be a tragedy; you can feel the cold and darkness coming, see the net drawing tight around the characters who live and breathe on the pages. But you are tied to the story as if being dragged behind a carriage and you cannot let go or turn the course aside.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess

“Justice is for the victim.” Kick. “Vengeance is for the survivor.”
― Rachel Vincent, Shift

“The books...they helped keep me from losing my mind altogether.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Unravel Me