Ian Ventham had bought two to look quirky in sales photos and it had got out of hand, as these things do.
“The whole world's writing novels, but nobody's reading them.”
― The Silkworm
― The Silkworm
“She asked, "Okay, wait, so why is Ronan at the library?"
"Cramming," Noah said. "For an exam on Monday."
It was the nicest thing Blue had ever heard of Ronan doing.”
― The Raven Boys
"Cramming," Noah said. "For an exam on Monday."
It was the nicest thing Blue had ever heard of Ronan doing.”
― The Raven Boys
“I miss the floral scent of her hair, the perfume that barely masked the underlying truth of what she was. She was lost time. She smelled of dusty libraries and unwound clocks, salted sand and rain riding on the first rays of dawn. And lilac. When she held me to her, lilac was what I smelled first.”
― Rain Falls on Malora
― Rain Falls on Malora
“Go," She says. "He waits for you.”
― The Song of Achilles
― The Song of Achilles
“Fancourt can't write women,' said Nina dismissively. 'He tries but he can't do it. His women are all temper, tits and tampons.”
― The Silkworm
― The Silkworm
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