They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them.
Maggie StiefvaterHe hadn't realized yet that Gansey could persuade even the sun to pause and give him the time.
Maggie StiefvaterI'm a dirt road out in the country kind of person, but I remember thinking, I could live in Chicago.
Maggie StiefvaterSean reaches between us and slides a thin bracelet of red ribbons over my free hand. Lifting my arm, he presses his lips against the inside of my wrist. I'm utterly still; I feel my pulse tap several times against his lips, and then he releases my hand. "For luck," he says. He takes Dove's lead from me. "Sean," I say, and he turns. I take his chin and kiss his lips, hard. I'm reminded, all of a sudden, of that first day on the beach, when I pulled his head from the water. "For luck," I say to his startled face.
Maggie Stiefvater