I am not a huge fan of the one-sided pining romances where the guy is a perfect love-object because we don't see inside his head.

I'd always liked jogging because it was a place to think.

It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.

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

All that mattered was that something had struck the match, and Gansey was burning.

They were always walking away from him. But he never seemed able to walk away from them.

'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.'

I wish you could be kissed, Jane,' he said. 'Because I would beg just one off you. Under all this.' He flailed an arm toward the stars.

Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.

I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcastically. "Okay, God.

When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.

Wasting time changes the nature of time. And the heart is stilled.

There's a place for farts, and there's a place for sharts.

Ergo: girls should always make the first move, because (a) they are, on the whole, less likely to be rejected than guys, (b) that way, girls will never get kissed unless they want to be kissed.

Looking for the perfect day is not going to make us happy, because that day isn't going to come.

Everything about life makes me lonely.

It is absurd to look for perfection.

Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

Mars is empty now. Five hundred years from now, it'll be full of people.

Expectations are an evil thing.