His home was populated by things and creatures from Niall Lynch's dreams, and his mother was just another one of them

He danced on the knife’s edge between awareness and sleep. When he dreamt like this, he was a king. The world was his to bend. His to burn.

I expect that would be a very different world with very different priorities.

Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he meant by this was that he was worried that one day someone would fall on Ronan and cut themselves.

She had a short fuse this morning, because it was a day that ended with y, you see.

Do you ever get the feeling that something awful might happen?' James asked me. . . I sat up. 'I'm the awful thing that happens.

that's because it's from the night, and the night keeps secrets