“In and out' Ronan repeated. It didn't sound like a dream he'd ever had. 'Like a motherfucking thief.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
She wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey clearly wished he had… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Sometimes Ronan thought Adam was so used to the right way being painful that he doubted any path that didn’t come with… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan loved it so much. He nearly couldn’t bear it. He wanted to destroy something.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Where do you live?" Adam's mouth was very set. "A place made for leaving" "That's not really an answer." "It's not really… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“He couldn't figure how Ronan had learned to be fierce in this protected place.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan didn’t sound very interested, but that was part of the Ronan Lynch brand. It was impossible to tell how deep his… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“They’d also told him Adam would probably never hear out of his left ear again. This was the hardest thing to internalize,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Gansey threw open his door. Gripping the roof of the car, he slid himself out. Even that gesture, Ronan noted, was wild-Gansey,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“At the same time that his flowers were being delivered to 300 Fox Way, Adam arrived at Monmouth Manufacturing on his somewhat… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he meant by this… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“If you’re up for brainstorming some repair of your dream forest. Unless you have homework.” “Asshole,” Ronan said. Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Joy,” Gansey replied. “You’ll be there, right?” “Am I invited?” Adam could be peculiarly polite. When he was uncertain about something, his… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Where the hell is Ronan?" Gansey asked, echoing the words that thousands of humans had uttered since mankind developed speech. As he… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan looked at Blue, eyes narrowed. She didn't look away. This was a game she sometimes played with Ronan Lynch: Who would… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan's bedroom door burst open. Hanging on the door frame, Ronan leaned out to peer past Gansey. He was doing that thing… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Ronan merely invested a look with as much contempt as he could muster. A lady reached over the top of Noah to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“So they were at an impasse. "Gansey boy! DICK." Ronan whirled and walked backward to face the shouter. He spread his arms… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“It was perplexing to Adam how he had regarded this as normal for so long. He remembered how the neighbors used to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“He couldn’t stand it, all of this inside him. In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“And you, Ronan,” Niall said. He always said Ronan differently from other words. As if he had meant to say another word… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan’s voice was different when he spoke to either his mother or Matthew. It was Ronan, unperformed. No. Ronan, unprotected. This tone… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
He ordered Ronan to put on some terrible music--Ronan was always too happy to oblige in this department--and then he abused the… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It was nothing, but it was Adam Parrish's nothing. How he hated and loved it. How proud he was of it, how… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Behind him, he heard Ronan say, "I like the way you losers thought Instagram before first aid. Fuck off.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan let out a breath, put the model down on the bed beside him, and kissed Adam. Once,” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan spit on the ground beside the BMW. “I didn’t even realize that ‘midget’ was the Adam Parrish type,” he said. He” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“It was against Ronan’s nature to appear overly interested in anything, but he couldn’t help staring at the Gray Man.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Ronan Lynch lived with every sort of secret. His first secret was himself. He was brother to a liar and brother to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“He always said Ronan differently from other words. As if he had meant to say another word entirely — something like knife… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Gansey only took the paper because he didn’t trust Ronan to bother finding a place to throw it out. With some distaste,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Lucky you taught him that hook." "I never taught him to break his thumb." "That's Gansey for you. Only learns enough to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
When Ronan thought of Gansey, he thought of moving into Monmouth Manufacturing, of nights spent in companionable insomnia, of a summer searching… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Listening to him tell the story now, it was clear to Adam that Glendower was more than a historical figure to Gansey.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“There was something annoyingly impressive about him, an impression that he was very tall, although he was no taller than most boys.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan,” he said. It sounded like he meant to say Finally. “Dad,” Ronan said. He was going to say I missed you.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Unlike most of the world, Gansey preferred Ronan to his elder brother Declan, and so the lines had been drawn. Adam suspected… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Then Gansey said, very slowly, “Ronan, you’re never going to talk to Jane like that again.” Both Adam and Blue stared at… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Sam reached his hand toward mine and I automatically put my fingers in his. With a guilty little smile he pulled my hand toward… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there lived a boy, and he had to risk everything to keep what he loved. But really the story was:… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I think-I need to ask an embarrassing question. Do you think I could borrow a pair of scrubs? I-uh-my pants-" "Oh!" Cried the poor… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
We dance, we dance. You hold the thread of my soul. You spin, you spin. And you unravel the part from the whole. We… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“At least when he was at Aglionby he could turn over his papers to see the grades, concrete proof of his success at something.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“That's the one." In Puck Connolly's custody. That might be the last I see of that jacket.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I asked,”Are you going to pick up next time I call you?” ”I did this time didn’t I?” “Say yes.” “Yes. Conditionally yes.”…... …”What… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Tell me what it's like. The race." "What it's like is a battle. A mess of horses and men and blood. The fastest and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I felt a tickle on my skin; it took me a moment to realize that Cole was driving his die-cast Mustang up my arm.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Happiness isn't something this island yields easily; the ground is too rocky and the sun too sparse for it to flourish. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image