He hadn't realized yet that Gansey could persuade even the sun to pause and give him the time. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, Gansey felt like his life was made up of a dozen hours that he could never forget.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
All that mattered was that something had struck the match, and Gansey was burning. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Is that all?" she whispered. Gansey closed his eyes. "That's all there is. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
If Adam was stupid about his pride, Gansey was stupid about Adam. — 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
“ You've had it the easiest. What good is all your privilege, you soft, spoiled thing, if you can't stand on your… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I have to walk dogs." "Oh," Gansey replied, sounding deflated. "Well, okay." "But it'll only take an hour." "Oh," he repeated, about… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
She breathed. "This is lovely." It was for Adam, not Gansey, but she saw Gansey glance over his shoulder at her. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
He's a pit bull," Adam said. "I know some really nice pit bulls." "He's the kind of pit that makes the evening… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Gansey studied Adam's erratic handwriting. His letters always looked like they were running from something. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Gansey blinked, slower. The take-out dinner smell had gone away and all that remained was the heavy, pleasant smell of growing things.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcastically. "Okay, God. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“It had been a long time ago, but also, it was no time at all. Sometimes, Gansey felt like his life was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
In some parallel universe, there was a Gansey who could tell Blue that he found the ten inches of her bare calves… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan, taking in Blue’s posture and Gansey below, observed, “If you spit, Blue, it would land right in his eye.” Gansey moved… — 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
Flustered, she replied, "You're not my - my - grandmother, or something." "You'd talk about this with your grandmother? I can't possibly… — 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
“Excelsior," Gansey said bleakly. Blue asked, "What does that even mean?" Gansey looked over his shoulder at her. He was once more,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“There was a faint, amused smile on Gansey’s face that meant he knew they were lying. It was a strangely wise expression;… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Calla readjusted, wrapping the silk around her other thigh instead. "Which one's he again? The pretty one?" Blue and Gansey exchanged a… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Casually, out of the view of Ronan, making sure Adam was still sleeping, Gansey dangled his hand between the driver's seat and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“What care is it of yours,” Gansey asked, “what I think of Orla?” Blue held his gaze, unflinching. Crisp, she replied, “None… — 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
“What?” he asked in a low voice. “You looked like you spent your last joy bill.” He hissed, “What does that even… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
At one store, Gansey had started to pay for Blue's potato chips and she'd snatched them away. "I don't want you to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Did you get Mom a birthday present?" Helen asked. "Yes," Gansey replied. "Myself." "The gift that keeps on giving." "I don't think… — 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
“I'm not saying you're wrong, Declan," Gansey said. His ear throbbed where it had been boxed. He could feel Ronan's pulse crashing… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I guess I make things that need energy stronger. I'm like a walking battery. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“This," Gansey replied "is precisely why I didn't want to have a baby with you.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Did you get notes for me?" "No", Ronan replied,"I thought you were dead in a ditch.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I never taught him to break his thumb." "That's Gansey for you. Only learns enough to be superficially competent." "Loser," Ronan agreed,… — 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
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
“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
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
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
Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
“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
“That's the one." In Puck Connolly's custody. That might be the last I see of that jacket.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
“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
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
“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
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
