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

You really didn't see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn't it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs.

He had a carrying, congressional sort of voice, the kind that sounded good saying things like Less of a tax burden on the middle class and Thank you for your donation and Honey, could you bring me my sweater with the duck on it?

the intermittent breeze carried her scent to me again and again , singing in another language of memories from another form .

I hated this. I hated knowing what I wanted and knowing what was right and knowing they weren't the same thing.

Blue. My name's Blue Sargent.' 'Blair?' 'Blue.' 'Blaize?' Blue sighed. 'Jane

I grew up with boys of all kinds - I have two brothers, and I was in a bagpipe band for several years.