Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough.
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Related Adam finally sat down on one of the pews. Laying his cheek against the smooth back of it, he looked ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan's bedroom door burst open. Hanging on the door frame, Ronan leaned out to peer past Gansey. He... MAGGIE STIEFVATER No homework. I got suspended,” Blue replied. “Get the fuck out,” Ronan said, but with ad... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Haven’t you heard of being hung, drawn, and quartered?” Blue asked, “Is it as painful as ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I know when I'm awake and when I'm asleep," Ronan Lynch said. Adam Parrish, curled over himself... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam was beginning to realize he hadn't known Ronan at all. Or rather, he had known part of him and ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER What's happening here?" This last bit was hissed to Ronan and Noah. "Noah took a personal day.... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan pointed at the cart. "Get in there." "What?" He just continued pointing. Adam ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Good evening," said Ronan. "Students, are you? And do you learn much, up at the school?" "Erm -... J.K. ROWLING Adam described the circumstances surrounding his eye and his hand with the same level tone he would ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Casually, out of the view of Ronan, making sure Adam was still sleeping, Gansey dangled his hand bet... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Now Gansey grinned, the warmth of discovery starting to course through him. "So, pop quiz, Mr Parris... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I never taught him to break his thumb." "That's Gansey for you. Only learns enough to be superf... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan said, "I'm always straight." Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever to... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan," Noah said, "I have a super bad feeling." "It's called being dead," Ronan replied. MAGGIE STIEFVATER From the passenger seat, Ronan began to swear at Adam. It was a long, involved swear, using every fo... MAGGIE STIEFVATER When he faced her again, he had never looked to her so much like one of the Fair Folk. His eyes were... CASSANDRA CLARE In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan. Adam spit his words back at him and Ronan... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Inside, they pretended they would dream, but they did not. They sprawled on the living room sofa and... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Gansey hurried on. "Let me introduce you. These are my friends: Ronan, Adam Parrish, and Jane." MAGGIE STIEFVATER Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he me... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I’m going in,” Gansey said as Ronan sat down on the step beside Adam. As Gansey shut the door be... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam retreated to sit beside Mary as Ronan stretched out on the pew, rubbing out the dingy plan with... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam was beginning to realize that he hadn't known Ronan at all. Or rather, he had known part of him... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Don’t worry, due’ane,” He murmured lowly....“Who’s Dewey Anne.” I asked him, voice gruff... AMY LANE She wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey... MAGGIE STIEFVATER where are we going?' I asked. 'I don't know,' he said. 'just driving.' 'But this road does... BRET EASTON ELLIS Where are we going?" I asked "I don't know," he said. "Just driving." "But this road doesn... BRET EASTON ELLIS As they scuffled in the grass, Adam closed his eyes and leaned his head back. He could nearly scry j... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I think you’re my hero,' she said. Only half-kidding. He stared at her, the picture of incred... THEA HARRISON No homework. I got suspended,” Blue replied. “Get the fuck out,” Ronan said, but with adm... MAGGIE STIEFVATER His face was pale, and he dropped to the floor so that he was half kneeling, half sitting before her... MELISSA MARR What's up?" I asked. You tell me," he said. "You were the one about ready to start making... RICHELLE MEAD Dreamers are to be classified as weapons. Ronan already knew he was a weapon ; but he was tryi... MAGGIE STIEFVATER What?" I asked. "Nothing," he said. "Why are you looking at me like that?" Augustus h... JOHN GREEN As they moved through the old barn, Adam felt Ronan’s eyes glance off him and away, his disinteres... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Did she say anything before she died?" he asked. "Yes," the surgeon said. "She said, 'Forgive h... SHERMAN ALEXIE Cats don’t have names,” it said. “No?” said Coraline. “No,” said t... NEIL GAIMAN For I wondered that others, subject to death, did live, since he whom I loved, as if he should... AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO What was the self-sacrifice?" I jettisoned half of a much-loved and I think irreplaceable pair ... DOUGLAS ADAMS He shook his head, just looking at me. "What?" I asked. "Nothing," he said. "Why are ... JOHN GREEN Tiger Lily made an attempt at a smile. After having felt the need to glower at other children for mo... JODI LYNN ANDERSON From the moment I saw her I knew this one was worth the broke... ATTICUS POETRY Ghost?” St. Vincent shot him an incredulous glance. “Christ. You’re not serious, are you?” LISA KLEYPAS Well, Watson, what do you make of it?' Holmes was sitting with his back to me, and I had ... ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE Dearest Annie, Roses are red. Violets are blue. I’m using my hand But I’m thinking of you.... L.H. COSWAY He was without any comforts of God — no feeling that God loved him — no feeling that God pi... ROBERT MURRAY MCCHEYNE Clarence Hurt was driving, and he got lost. “Does anyone know where the Post Office Building is?�... BRYAN BURROUGH He then kissed her. It was a very long time before he let her go. When he did, she looked... EVA IBBOTSON So, what did you think of the Unseelie Court?" A slow, wicked smile spread on his face. "... HOLLY BLACK In the beginning, God created the earth, and he looked upon it in His cosmic loneliness. ... KURT VONNEGUT JR. Why don’t you purchase an Italian dictionary? I will assume the expense.” “I have one,”... JULIA QUINN I love you," he said. She looked up at him, her eyes shiny and black, then looked away. "... RAINBOW ROWELL We have to be back in three hours," Ronan said. "I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again." MAGGIE STIEFVATER Leslie-Ann set down her own bucket and watched, marveling, as a quarter of an inch of water covered ... MICHAEL GRANT How old are you, anyway?' she asked, squinting at him. There was a pause. At last he said, 'Why... NATALIE BABBITT Annabeth,” he said hesitantly, “in New Rome, demigods can live their whole lives in peace.” RICK RIORDAN Alice asked the Cheshire Cat, who was sitting in a tree, “What road do I take?” The c... LEWIS CARROLL Alice asked the Cheshire Cat who was sitting in a tree "What road do I take?" The cat ask... LEWIS CARROLL Please. What’s your name?” Coraline asked the cat. “Look, I’m Coraline. Okay?” ... NEIL GAIMAN My mum always said there’s a lot of presence in a doorway,” he added, staring into one of the ey... PAUL BAXTER I found it." "People find pennies," Gansey replied. "Or car keys. Or four-leaf clovers." "... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Take off your shirt," I said, sitting up and pulling at the hem of the garment. "Why?" he... DIANA GABALDON Do you have a Wish?' he asked, referring to this organization, The Genie Foundation, which is in the... JOHN GREEN Amanda, you finally decided to answer the phone,” her mom exclaimed after picking up at the first ... REBECCA MCNUTT Adam laid himself down in Paradise to sleep While from him was taken a wife to keep. Adam po... MATTHIAS CLAUDIUS Well?” she asked when she picked up. “Do you think we’re really alone in the universe?”... DARYNDA JONES Had he and I but met By some old ancient inn, We should have sat us down to wet Right many ... THOMAS HARDY Dad?" Jesus asked. "Yes, son?" God replied. "What came before colors?" Jesus asked. "... ANTHONY T. HINCKS What up Brit-Boy?" "I was just wondering," he said,"about the significance of your canine... LEE MCCLAIN Fix me," I commanded him. "This thing, what I've done - there's something wrong with me, Noah. Fix i... MICHELLE HODKIN She came towards me with a juicy gash between her legs that smelled like my best friend's sister" DAVE MATTHES Did I ever tell you the difference between a Northern fairy tale and a Southern one?" she asked him,... ERIN MCCARTHY I shall report this, and in the meantime the animal can be taken away by one of the porters.’ BETTY NEELS When we get out of this, let’s go somewhere again. Me and you.” The tension in her c... VERONICA ROSSI When, some months later, Zoltan emailed me about his decision to run for president, I immediately ca... MARK O'CONNELL Her chin lifted. "Very well. Here is my best offer. Half of my nakedness for all of yours." TESSA DARE He has found galaxies in between the thighs of other girls and suddenly the world I w... 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"Yes, son," God said. "That star's light just went out," Jesus told hi... ANTHONY T. HINCKS I want you,” she said. “Naked.” His nostrils flared as if he was soaking in the sc... NALINI SINGH You're not the way everyone says you are," Kaye said, looking at him so fiercely that he couldn't me... HOLLY BLACK „One down,” I said, turning to Kale. He wasn't paying attention. His gaze was fixed on the red s... JUS ACCARDO I took in a breath. "What's the one thing you'd do," I asked. "if you could do anything?" Pass,... SARAH DESSEN Ah, now,” crooned Adam, “here we are, then.” With infinite care, as though he were handling a ... KRISTEN CALLIHAN Do you know a cure for me?" "Why yes," he said, "I know a cure for everything. Salt water... KAREN BLIXEN Talking to you is one of my favorite things to do." "Top 10?" she asked. "Top ... JENNIFER E. SMITH She is pissed off all the time,” he mumbled and I remained silent, letting him ramble. “She want... C.A. HARMS Once on a yellow piece of paper with green lines he wrote a poem And he called it "Chops"... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Do you think you might be able to love me someday?" He asked and heard her laugh softly. ... JASMINE DUBROFF When it was over, she gathered him in her arms. And told him the terrible irony of her life. Th... MELINA MARCHETTA Oh, wow." "What do you think?" "I tried to imagine, but--I mean...it's so much... ELIZABETH HUNTER
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MAGGIE STIEFVATER It's a strange thing, to be talked about instead of talked to. MAGGIE STIEFVATER ...beer makes people deaf... MAGGIE STIEFVATER This is about as comforting as a cold brick when you're lonely. MAGGIE STIEFVATER I don't trust the ocean, either; it would kill me as soon as not. It doesn't mean I'm afraid of it. MAGGIE STIEFVATER I’d always thought I was above being fascinated by anyone but myself. MAGGIE STIEFVATER I whisper like the sea in the horse's ear. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society. MAGGIE STIEFVATER I didn't know," I start truthfully, "that it was the hard way when I started on it. MAGGIE STIEFVATER I am so, so alive. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Clutter is my natural habitat. MAGGIE STIEFVATER There are moments that you'll remember for the rest of your life and there are moments that you t... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sean reaches between us and slides a thin bracelet of red ribbons over my free hand. Lifting my arm,... MAGGIE STIEFVATER If I only have ten minutes, Sam, this is what I want to say. You're not the best of us. You're more ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER You two are too cute,” the counter girl said, setting two cups piled with whipped cream on the cou... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I was thinking lots of things, but most of them needed to stay thoughts, not words. MAGGIE STIEFVATER What's happening here?" This last bit was hissed to Ronan and Noah. "Noah took a personal day.... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Noah had wandered down the aisle, but now he gleefully returned with a snow globe. He stood behind R... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.” Grace: “I’m not looking for self... MAGGIE STIEFVATER In the night, I've shrunk and everyone else on the island has grown. They're all nine feet tall and ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan didn't need physics. He could intimidate even a piece of plywood into doing what he wanted. 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MAGGIE STIEFVATER I missed the sound of her shuffling her homework while I listened to music on her bed. I misse... MAGGIE STIEFVATER You're assuming they would listen to me," I said. Cole lifted his hands off the roof of the Vol... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Flickering lights anonymous doors my heart escaping in drips i'm still waking up MAGGIE STIEFVATER I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Because you know that's not how you want it to end. You know I'd love to have you with me, and it wi... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Avoiding a bathtub because your parents tried to kill you in one isn't the same as avoiding your ent... MAGGIE STIEFVATER And leaving you (there aren't words to untangle it) Your life, fearful and immense and blossomi... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Most people had an acquired kind of beauty, they became better looking the longer you knew them and ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I walk through the seasons and always the birds are singing and screaming and keening for love<... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Folded in my arms you're a butterfly in reverse you're giving up your wings and inheriting my c... MAGGIE STIEFVATER My parents had always been so careful with me, until the day they decided I needed to die. MAGGIE STIEFVATER To Grace, these were the things that mattered: my hands on her cheeks, my lips on her mouth. The fle... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Come on," Cole said. He looked back over his shoulder at Mr. Brisbane, who was looking at me with a ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He'd only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter when they were together, as if they were ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Afterward, Isabel drove me home and I shut myself in the study with Rilke, and I read and I wanted.<... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He slouched back in his seat, looking tired, and leaned his face on his shoulder to look at me while... MAGGIE STIEFVATER She loved all the wolves behind her house, but she loved one of them most of all. And thi... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I won't let this be my good-bye. I've folded one thousand paper crane memories of me and Grace, and ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER One thousand ways to say good-bye One thousands ways to cry One thousand ways to hang your... MAGGIE STIEFVATER We had this big grill at his house, and I remember, one night he said, 'Sam, tonight you're feeding ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Lunch." I said. "Immediately. I'm going to wither away to absolutely nothing. Then you'll be racked ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER And then I opened my eyes and it was just Grace and me - nothing anywhere but Grace and me - she pre... MAGGIE STIEFVATER She kissed me harder, breath huffing into my mouth, and bit my lip. Oh, hell that was amazing. I gro... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sensitive," I tried. Sam translated: "Squishy." "Creative." "Danger... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Crashing into the trembling void Stretching my hand to you Losing myself to frigid regret<... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I settled on the floor and whispered to Sam, “I want you to listen to me, if you can.” I leaned ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER ..and me holding this moment that was as fragile as a bird in my hands MAGGIE STIEFVATER His lips tasted cool and sharp, peppermint, winter, but his hands, soft on the back of my neck, prom... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sam,' the girl said. 'Sam.' She was the past present and future. I wanted to answer , but I was... MAGGIE STIEFVATER right in this moment, I can´t even remember what unhappy feels like. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sam laughed, a funny, self-deprecating laugh. "You did read a lot. And spent too much time just insi... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER How long?" His smile was amazingly sweet. "The longest." For ever?" MAGGIE STIEFVATER Hope hurt more than the cold. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Grace,” I said, very softly. “Say something.” Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me. MAGGIE STIEFVATER As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I'd found heaven and grabbed it as tightly as I could, but it was unraveling, an insubstantial threa... MAGGIE STIEFVATER So, Grace, how's school?" I asked myself. Dad nodded, eyes on the baby koala now struggling in... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Books are more real when you read them outside. MAGGIE STIEFVATER What do you eat?" "Baby bunnies." She narrowed her eyes, so I grinned and said, "Adult bunnies... MAGGIE STIEFVATER It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are. MAGGIE STIEFVATER You're beautiful and sad," I said finally, not looking at him when I did. "Just like your eyes. You'... MAGGIE STIEFVATER It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die. MAGGIE STIEFVATER My whole life, I had thought that my story was, again and again: Once upon a time, there was a boy, ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he me... MAGGIE STIEFVATER The world needs more love at first sight. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Where do you live?" Adam's mouth was very set. "A place made for leaving" "That's not re... MAGGIE STIEFVATER His feelings for Adam were an oil spill; he'd let them overflow and now there wasn't a damn place in... MAGGIE STIEFVATER In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awf... MAGGIE STIEFVATER This object that we hold in our hands, a book…that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go awa... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I’m going in,” Gansey said as Ronan sat down on the step beside Adam. As Gansey shut the door be... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Behind him, he heard Ronan say, "I like the way you losers thought Instagram before first aid. Fuck ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER As they moved through the old barn, Adam felt Ronan’s eyes glance off him and away, his disinteres... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer. MAGGIE STIEFVATER And Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war. MAGGIE STIEFVATER While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night. MAGGIE STIEFVATER If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human. MAGGIE STIEFVATER The biggest mistake you can make is assuming that creativity will hit you all at once and the muse w... MAGGIE STIEFVATER He started to dance. And all at once, because Cole was dancing, I was dancing. And this Cole was eve... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I was wild and tame and pulled into shreds and crushed into being all at once. MAGGIE STIEFVATER As they scuffled in the grass, Adam closed his eyes and leaned his head back. He could nearly scry j... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam described the circumstances surrounding his eye and his hand with the same level tone he would ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER They're saying that you and Sean Kendrick were burning up the cliffs." Tommy spins me again and grin... MAGGIE STIEFVATER When did you get so smart?" He tapped his forehead. "Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I... MAGGIE STIEFVATER What was a kiss without a kiss?" It was a tablecloth tugged from beneath a party service, ever... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Grace, who haunted my thoughts when I couldn’t dream MAGGIE STIEFVATER Gansey hurried on. "Let me introduce you. These are my friends: Ronan, Adam Parrish, and Jane." MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam understood, then, that Gansey and Blue’s awe changed this place. Ronan and Adam may have seen... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan, taking in Blue’s posture and Gansey below, observed, “If you spit, Blue, it would land ri... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Casually, out of the view of Ronan, making sure Adam was still sleeping, Gansey dangled his hand bet... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I like you better this way." For some reason, admitting this made her face go hot right away; she wa... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Maura had decided sometime before Blue's birth that it was barbaric to order children about, and so ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Flustered, she replied, "You're not my - my - grandmother, or something." "You'd talk abo... MAGGIE STIEFVATER his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively -- I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me w... MAGGIE STIEFVATER One thousand brilliant stars punched holes in my consciousness, pricking me with longing. I could st... MAGGIE STIEFVATER It was a sort of ferocious, quiet beauty, the sort that wouldn't let you admire it. The sort of beau... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I didn't say I would start a yard." "You didn't have to. I'll come back next year and yo... MAGGIE STIEFVATER She doesn't know any better, what a girl like her needs is a man with both his legs on the land. A m... MAGGIE STIEFVATER That's a poor match, Sean Kendrick," says a voice at my elbow. It's the other sister from Fathom &am... MAGGIE STIEFVATER In the middle of all this, as Sean slips out of his jacket, he looks over his shoulder at me and he ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many read... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Aglionby Academy was the number one reason Blue had developed her two rules: One, stay away from boy... MAGGIE STIEFVATER In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan. Adam spit his words back at him and Ronan... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I found it." "People find pennies," Gansey replied. "Or car keys. Or four-leaf clovers." "... MAGGIE STIEFVATER She recognized the strange happiness that came from loving something without knowing why you did, th... MAGGIE STIEFVATER When she opened her eyes, she was both in her body and watching it, nowhere near the cavity of the t... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcas... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Blue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes; she felt better about him as a person if she pretende... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Gansey's partying with his mother," Ronan said. He smelled like beer. "And Noah's fucking dead. But ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER I guess now would be a good time to tell you," He said. "I took Chainsaw out of my dreams. MAGGIE STIEFVATER You missed World Hist." "Did you get notes for me?" "No. I thought you were dead in a ditc... MAGGIE STIEFVATER From the passenger seat, Ronan began to swear at Adam. It was a long, involved swear, using every fo... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfa... MAGGIE STIEFVATER They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them. MAGGIE STIEFVATER When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away. MAGGIE STIEFVATER Ronan said, "I'm always straight." Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever to... MAGGIE STIEFVATER You are being self-pitying." "I'm nearly done. You don't have much more of this to bear." ... MAGGIE STIEFVATER We have to be back in three hours," Ronan said. "I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again." MAGGIE STIEFVATER She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Right,' he said. 'So it stands to reason there's something about the line that fortifies or protects... MAGGIE STIEFVATER Nothing had changed. Nothing. MAGGIE STIEFVATER It was true that Blue was just shy of five feet and it was also true that she hadn't eaten her green... MAGGIE STIEFVATER