The dog pranced delightedly around his feet as if he'd been gone to another planet instead of merely underneath a car.

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.

A life that is burdened with expectations is a heavy life. Its fruit is sorrow and disappointment.

Your suffering only matters if it connects you to the suffering of others, if it heals them too.

Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories without making them both sad and funny.

Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life's journey.

Be a number one yourself. And not a number two somebody else.

The operative condition on this particular planet, the central mode which human beings follow, is fear. We are taught to fear.

The sign of a great man is that the closer you get, the greater he seems.

When you have bacon in your mouth, it doesn't matter who's president.

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.