Face flushed, I shook my head and stared at my white-knuckled grip on the bed. Of all my pet peeves, condescending adults were probably at the top of the list.

Don't panic. Are you sitting? You probably don't need to sit. Well, possibly. At least lean on something.

names are a way to keep people in your mind

Because I knew it wasn't for forever." Grace touched his hair and he bent his head to kiss her, quiet as a secret.

I always listen to you. Except when I don't.

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

What's that?' Beck shoved his back ineffectually against the glass door, suffering under the weight of a huge box. 'Your brian.' I already have a brain.' If you did, you'd have opened the door for me.' I shot him a dark look and let him shove against the door a moment longer before I ducked under his arms to push it open. 'What is it really?' Schoolbooks. We're going to educate you properly, so you don't grow up to be an idiot.; I remembered by intrigued by the idea of school-in-a-box, just-add-water-and-Sam.