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You're asking me to define an abstract concept that no one has managed to explain since time began. You sort of sprang it on me, " Gansey said. "Why do we breathe air? Because we love air? Because we don't want to suffocate. Why do we eat? Because we don't want to starve. How do I know I love her? Because I can sleep after I talk to her. Why?Maggie Stiefvater
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Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.Maggie Stiefvater
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To think you could have been dreaming the cure for cancer, " Blue said. "Look, Sargent, " Ronan retorted, "I was gonna dream you some eye cream last night since clearly modern medicine's doing jack shit for you, but I nearly had my ass handed to me by a death snake from the fourth circle of dream hell, so you're welcome." Blue was appropriately touched. "Ah, thanks, man."" No problem, bro.Maggie Stiefvater
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Pain was a torn piece of paper.Maggie Stiefvater
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What do you mean Ronan's a magical entity? Is he a demon? Because this all makes sense if so.Maggie Stiefvater
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Now is the time to make sure we have the strings of all the balloons we want to keep before they all float away.Maggie Stiefvater
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Wanting to live, but accepting death to save others: that was courage.Maggie Stiefvater
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His quest was a wolf, and it starved. - GanseyMaggie Stiefvater
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I take it we're friends now, " Henry said. "We must be, " Gansey replied. "Jane says it should be so."" It should be so, " Blue agreed.Maggie Stiefvater
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He trailed through hallways, ducking under arms no longer there, excusing himself as he pressed through conversations long since ended.Maggie Stiefvater
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Somewhere along the way, during this hunt for Glendower, he'd forgotten to notice how much magic there was in the world. How much magic that wasn't just buried in a tomb. He was feeling it now.Maggie Stiefvater
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If one squinted into Cabeswater long enough, in the right way, one could see secrets dart between the trees. The shadows of horned animals that never appeared. The winking lights of another summer's fireflies. The rushing sound of many wings, the sound of a massive flock always out of sight. Magic.Maggie Stiefvater
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If one squinted in Cabeswater long enough, in the right way, one could see secrets dart between the trees. The shadows of horned animals that never appeared. The winking lights of another summer's fireflies. The rushing sound of many wings, the sound of a massive flock always out of sight. Magic.Maggie Stiefvater
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It wasn't that Henry was less of himself in English. He was less of himself out loud. His native language was thought.Maggie Stiefvater
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I don't care to be pretty, " Blue shot back hotly, "I care to look on the outside like I look on the inside.Maggie Stiefvater
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Gansey knew enough people with secrets not to be dazzled into easily using them as currency.Maggie Stiefvater
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It was hidden in things Adam already knew, half-glimpsed behind a forest made of thoughts.Maggie Stiefvater
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You can't cut down someone who's already in the gutter.Nora Sakavic
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This was like walking the line between dream and sleep. The night-sharp balance of being asleep enough to dream and awake enough to remember what he wanted.Maggie Stiefvater
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It was easier to tell a hero from villain when the stakes were only life or death. Everything in between gets harder.Maggie Stiefvater