We almost always can point to that hundredth blow, but we don't always mark the ninety-nine other things that happen before we change.

The future was getting here faster than I'd expected.

It had been a long time ago, but also, it was no time at all.Sometimes, Gansey felt like his life was made up of a dozen hours that he could never forget.

Time tugged at his soul.

Time's not a line. It's a circle or a figure eight or a goddamn Slinky. If you can believe that, I don't know why you can't believe that someone might be able to glimpse something farther along the Slinky.