Adam was in the dream, too; he traced the tangled pattern of ink with his finger. He said, "Scio quid hoc est." As he traced it further and further d….

whoopdie-friggin-doo, fooled you!.

A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot..

You want to talk? Fine. Talk. Tell me something you've never told anybody else.' I thought for a moment. 'Turtles have the second-largest brains of a….

Rilke says: Verweilung, auch am Verstrautesten nicht, ist uns gegeben - We are not allowed to linger, even with what is most intimate..

It was the stop that happened when you made up your mind to confess, but your mouth betrayed you in the end..

a life is measured by moments like these.

..and me holding this moment that was as fragile as a bird in my hands.

In some parallel universe, there was a Gansey who could tell Blue that he found the ten inches of her bare calves far more tantalizing than the thirt….

I wasn’t sure which of us was being more selfish—her, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not promising her something that wa….

To Grace, these were the things that mattered: my hands on her cheeks, my lips on her mouth. The fleeting touches that meant I loved her..

Sean pushes up to his feet and stands there. I look at his dirty boots. Now I've offended him, I think. He says, "Other people have never been import….

She leaned toward me, offering her neck, and I kissed her just behind her ear..

If you never saw the stars, candles were enough..

And Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war..

Where are Sam and Grace?" "Ringo left in his car a few hours ago. He must've taken Grace with him. I don't know where they went." "You didn't ask?" "….

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. He was laughing to himself, hushed a….

Watch for the devil. When there’s a god, there’s always a legion of devils..

Unrequited love," I'd say. He'd look at me sideways in that cunning way he did and say, "what about it?" and I'd reply, "it's not your color." Pithy.….

Tommy grabs my waist and swings me around in a circle. I drag my feet because i am opposed to people touching me when I'm not expecting it. Also beca….

Blue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes; she felt better about him as a person if she pretended he wasn't wearing them..