“One moment, she was wearing clothing, and the next moment, she was wearing a bikini. Fifty percent of the world was brown skin and fifty percent was orange nylon. From the Mona Lisa smile on Orla's lips, it was clear she was pleased to finally be allowed to demonstrate her true talents.
A tiny part of Gansey's brain said: You have been staring for too long.
The larger part of his brain said: ORANGE.”
― The Dream Thieves
A tiny part of Gansey's brain said: You have been staring for too long.
The larger part of his brain said: ORANGE.”
― The Dream Thieves
“Things that cannot long be kept secret: death in the family, the loss of a ring, corruption of the spirit, boredom, illicit love. Sickness. Addiction. Pregnancy. Within the pure white wimple of her beekeeping suit, wrapped in buzzing,”
― Palimpsest
― Palimpsest
“I am a beautiful thing, shaped for fighting.”
― The Dream Thieves
― The Dream Thieves
“Every book has a soul, the soul of the person who wrote it and the soul of those who read it and dream about it.”
― The Angel's Game
― The Angel's Game
“The only thing more pleasing than seeing Ronan singled out was seeing him singled out and forced to repeatedly sing an Irish jig. “Piss up a rope,” Ronan said. Gansey, unoffended, waited. Ronan shook his head, but then, with a wicked smile, he began to sing, “Squash one, squash two, s—” “Not that one,” both Adam and Gansey said. “I’m not listening to that for three hours,” Adam said. Gansey pointed at Ronan until he began to breathily whistle a jaunty reel.”
― Blue Lily, Lily Blue
― Blue Lily, Lily Blue
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