When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.

His eyes were frighteningly alive, the curve of his mouth savage and pleased. It suddenly didn't seem at all surprising that he should be able to pull things from his dreams. In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.

I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.

The way Gansey saw it was this: if you had a special knack for finding things, it meant you owed the world to look.

you just can't wait to get out of your head, can you?" "if you were in here you might want that too.

I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life.

It (suicide) became a possibility like Maybe when I grow up, I will be dead. Life was a cake that looked good on the bakery shelf but turned to sawdust and salt when I ate it.