The most dangerous and wonderful creature alive is the human.

He was full of the restless, dissatisfied energy that always seemed to move into his heart after he visited home these days. It had something to do with the knowledge that his parents’ house wasn’t truly home anymore — if it had ever been — and something to do with the realization that they hadn’t changed; he had.

Blue was awfully fond of her father, considering she'd never met him.

You're not going to die," I told her, lifting my head to look at her. "I'm not done writing songs about you yet.

Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking, shaking; my skin peeling away. Grace. My bones squeezed, pinched, pressed against my muscles. Grace. Her eyes held me even after I stopped feeling her fingers gripping my arms. Sam," she said. "Don't go.

While I'm gone," Gansey said, pausing, "dream me the world. Something new for every night.

Wow, you're never allowed to sleep late again. You're crankier than a fat guy in stilettos.