Hi,' I said, and I hugged her. I missed her more now that I actually had her in my arms than when I hadn't.

I remember being intrigued by the idea of school-in-a-box, just-add-water-and-Sam.

There is no better taste than this: someone else’s laughter in your mouth.

My words are unerring tools of destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.

If Adam was stupid about his pride, Gansey was stupid about Adam.

He smiled tolerantly at her. Rubbing his smooth chin its recently assassinated chin hairs, he studied her. She barely came up to Ronan's shoulder, but she was every bit as big as he, every bit as present.

I like you better this way." For some reason, admitting this made her face go hot right away; she was very glad that he still had his face pressed into his pillow and the other boys were still in Noah's room. "Crushed and broken," Gansey said. "Just the way women like 'em.