Gansey could’ve had any and all of the friends that he wanted. Instead he had chosen the three of them, three guys who should’ve, for three different reasons, been friendless.

I'd always liked jogging because it was a place to think.

It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.

While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night.

All that mattered was that something had struck the match, and Gansey was burning.

They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them.

'We have to be back in three hours,' Ronan said. 'I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again.' 'This,' Gansey replied, 'is precisely why I didn't want to have a baby with you.'

I wish you could be kissed, Jane,' he said. 'Because I would beg just one off you. Under all this.' He flailed an arm toward the stars.

Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.

I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcastically. "Okay, God.

When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.

All too many others have been more cautious than courageous and have remained silent behind the anesthetizing security of stained-glass windows

Everyone has pencils in their house, no matter how hip and contemporary they are.

Soil is an almost magical substance, a living system that transforms the materials it encounters.

The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.

I have made the cause of children and families really my life's work.

My loneliness tasted like pennies.

It's very odd to observe someone else taking your identity into their own hands and getting it all wrong. I don't think most people will ever get to experience how truly weird it is.

We're all damaged in our own way. Nobody's perfect. I think we're all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us.

It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.

I never slept outside of my home.