The air moved slowly around his body, somehow tangible, gold flaked, every dust mote a lantern.

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

Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he meant by this was that he was worried that one day someone would fall on Ronan and cut themselves.

Don't panic. Are you sitting? You probably don't need to sit. Well, possibly. At least lean on something.

Ronan didn't need physics. He could intimidate even a piece of plywood into doing what he wanted.

His heart hurt with the wanting of it, the hurt no less painful for being difficult to explain.

If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.

Ronan said, "I'm always straight."Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever told.

Is this thing safe?""Safe as life, " Gansey replied.

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.

Fate, " Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.

Affliction is often that thing which prepares an ordinary person for some sort of an extraordinary destiny.

When you just have a torch and horror around you... then turn off the torch.

To a teacher of languages there comes a time when the world is but a place of many words and man appears a mere talking animal not much more wonderful than a parrot.

One swallow alone does not make the summer.

Well, I'm not a method actress by any stretch of the imagination so the best thing that I can do is be as real as possible and find whatever commonality in that character that I can see myself.

He who is firm in will molds the world to himself. [Ger., Aber wer fest auf dem Sinne beharrt, der bildet die Welt sich.]

Since no one is perfect, it follows that all great deeds have been accomplished out of imperfection. Yet they were accomplished, somehow, all the same.

Be it caste or communal violence, they stall the growth of the nation. Let us affirm that we will be free from these tensions.

Being brave isn't supposed to be easy.

If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.