We have to be back in three hours," Ronan said. "I just fed Chainsaw but she'll need it again.""This," Gansey replied "is precisely why I didn't want to have a baby with you.

Ronan said, "I'm always straight."Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever told.

Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.

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

Sensitive," I tried.Sam translated: "Squishy.""Creative.""Dangerously emo.""Thoughtful.""Feng shui."I laughed so hard I snorted. "How do you get feng shui out of 'thoughtful'?""You know, because in feng shui, you arrange furniture and plants and stuff in thoughtful ways." Sam shrugged. "To make you calm. Zenlike. Or something. I'm not one hundred percent sure how it all works, besides the thoughtful part.

Adam's response was buried in the sound of the first-story door falling open. Noah slouched in. In a wounded tone, he said, "He threw me out the window!"Ronan's voice sang out from behind his closed door: "You're already dead!

Did you get notes for me?""No", Ronan replied,"I thought you were dead in a ditch.

The truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her: She's both a mirror of myself and a door to part of this island that I'm not.

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