I guess I make things that need energy stronger. I'm like a walking battery.

His home was populated by things and creatures from Niall Lynch's dreams, and his mother was just another one of 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 can see her clearly, standing on the rock beside Peg Gratton, unflinching before Eaton and the rest of the race committee. I can't remember when I've been that brave, and it shames me. The truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her; She's both a mirror of myself and a door to part of the island that i'm not. It's like when the mare goddess looked into my eye; I felt that there was a part of myself that I didn't know.

Then I picked my book back up again and stroked her hair and read to the soundtrack of her breaths.

Grace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt

We all, one day, realize that we’re not going to be kids forever and we’re going to grow up.