Gift of time in me enclosed the future suddenly exposed

What are you wishing for?' Grace interrupted. 'To kiss you,' I said to her.

It was mint and memories and the past and the future and she felt as if she’d done this before and already she longed to do it again.

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.

But by blood, no wolf am I

Neatness makes me feel like I have to be on my best behavior. Clutter is my natural habitat.

It tore my heart out, because I heard his voice. The wolves sang slowly behind him, bittersweet harmony, but all I heard was Sam. His howl trembled, rose, fell in anguish. I listened for a long time. I prayed for them to stop, to leave me alone, but at the same time I was desperately afraid they would. Long after the other voices had dropped away, Sam kept howling, very soft and slow. When he finally fell silent, the night felt dead.