I wasn’t sure which of us was being more selfish—her, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not promising her something that was too painfully impossible to want.

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.

...what the Man-Moth fears most he must do..

Friends understand the unsaid words, no matter if they are silent for years.

...because loving you is a crime. Which I love to commit each time, every day, whenever I see you, because that's how I love you.

I love motorcycles and riding bikes. Like a lot of riders, I look at a bike like it's an iron horse - a living thing that you have to build a relationship with - and that bike is my horse.

People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug.

I can honestly say [that writing] is the best life there is, because you get to live within the realm of your own mind, and that is a profoundly rare human privilege.

Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.

My parents said they had to make a lot of sacrifices to pay for my education... because they were both druids.

That woman is happiest whose life is passed in the shadow of a manly, loving heart.