we're watchers of this world aren't we? not players

He was a patient with a diagnosis that he couldn't understand.

Eventually, the Gray Man thought, if he resisted using it for long enough, he himself might forget his own name, and became someone else entirely.

He was uncomfortable with the idea that use might not like him.

I found it." "People find pennies," Gansey replied. "Or car keys. Or four-leaf clovers." "And ravens," Ronan said. "You're just jealous 'cause" - at this point, he had to stop to regroup his beer-sluggish thoughts - "you didn't find one, too.

Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.

He was jingling his keys in the pocket of his coat -- one of those barn coats described as rugged and classic and four hundred dollar that were usually worn by people who spend more time in Land Rovers than barns.