Quotes From "Blue Lily Lily Blue" By Maggie Stiefvater

Instead, though, as he drew nearer, his mind kept drifting back to Gansey's voice in the cave the day before. The tremulous note in it. The fear - a fear so profound that Gansey could not bring himself to climb out of the pit, though there was nothing physically preventing him. He had not known that Richard Gansey III had it in him to be a coward. Adam remembered crouching on the kitchen floor of his parents' double-wide, telling himself to take Gansey's oft-repeated advice to leave. "Just put what you need in the car, Adam."But he had stayed. Hung in the pit of his father's anger. A coward, too. Adam felt like he needed to reconfigure every conversation he'd ever had with Gansey in light of this new knowledge. Maggie Stiefvater

Was it okay? Adam had turned down so many offers of help from Gansey. Money for school, money for food, money for rent. Pity and charity, Adam had thought. For so long, he'd wanted Gansey to see him as an equal, but it was possible that all this time, the only person who needed to see that was Adam. Now he could see that it wasn't charity Gansey was offering. It was just truth. And something else: friendship of the unshakable kind. Friendship you could swear on. That could be busted nearly to breaking and come back stronger than before. Maggie Stiefvater

Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn't all-encompassing, that wasn't blinding, deafening, maddening, quickening. It was just that now that she'd had this kind, she didn't want another. Maggie Stiefvater

It is not the outside of people that bothers me, but the inside. Maggie Stiefvater

I just don't– Ronan. My ears are bleeding! " Ronan turned down the music. Maggie Stiefvater

But I'm not dead, " Blue pointed out." B U T YOU ARE PRETTY SHORT. Maggie Stiefvater

Violence was a disease Gansey didn't think he could catch. But all around him, his friends were slowly infected. Maggie Stiefvater

Adam stopped by one of the beasts near the front; its shoulder was taller than him, its great skull even higher, and above it all spread a set of antlers that seemed massive in comparison even to the giant skeleton. It was beautiful. Maggie Stiefvater

Adam was not always alone, but he was always lonesome. Even in a group, he was slowly perfecting the skill of holding himself separate. It was easier than one might expect; the others allowed him to do it. Maggie Stiefvater

Sometimes, Gansey forgot how much he liked school and how good he was at it. But he couldn't forget it on mornings like this one–fall fog rising out of the fields and lifting in front of the mountains, the Pig running cool and loud, Ronan climbing out of the passenger seat and knocking knuckles on the roof with teeth flashing, dewy grass misting the black toes of his shoes, bag slung over his blazer, narrow-eyed Adam bumping fists as they met on the sidewalk, boys around them laughing and calling to one another, making space for the three of them because this had been a thing for so long: Gansey-Lynch-Parrish. Maggie Stiefvater

(Malory, unhopeful: "I don't suppose you have any tea?" Jesse: "DO YOU WANT EARL GREY OR DARJEELING?" Malory: "Oh, sweet heavens! ") Maggie Stiefvater

I don't believe in raw evil." Noah said, "It doesn't care if you believe in it Maggie Stiefvater

She stood on the ledge of his smile and looked over the edge. Maggie Stiefvater

What was a kiss without a kiss?" It was a tablecloth tugged from beneath a party service, everything jumbled against everything else in just a few chaotic moments. Fingers in hair. Hands cupping necks. Mouths dragged on cheeks and chins in dangerous proximity. Maggie Stiefvater

Then she called Gansey.It rang twice, three times, and then: "Hello?"He sounded boyish and ordinary. Blue asked, "Did I wake you up?" She heard Gansey fumble for and scrape up his wireframes." No, " he lied, "I was awake."" I called you by accident anyway. I meant to call Congress, but your number was one off."" Oh?"" Yeah, because yours has 6-6-5 in it." She paused. "Get it?"" Oh, you.""6-6-5. One number different. Get it?"" Yeah, I got it. Maggie Stiefvater

Piper’s lust was like a single bear trap in the wilderness. It was nearly impossible to find if you were looking for it, but it was something you wanted to be prepared for if you stepped into it by accident. Maggie Stiefvater

Adam mused, “Incorruptus. I never thought anyone would use that word to describe Lynch.” Ronan looked as pleased as a pit viper ever could. Maggie Stiefvater

Behind him, he heard Ronan say, "I like the way you losers thought Instagram before first aid. Fuck off. Maggie Stiefvater

Past conversations were slowly realigning in Blue's head, taking on new shades of meaning as they did. Maggie Stiefvater