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“Belonging in more than one world means that you end up belonging in none of them”

“Still you long for what reality means to everyone else, even if it makes your world smaller. Perhaps because it makes your world smaller.”

“For Adam, it was what it always was: a fight between Adam and himself, between Adam and the world. For Ronan, it was what it always was too: a fight between truth and compromise, between the black and white he saw and the reality everyone else experienced.”

"This was why she enjoyed baking. A good dessert could make her feel like she’d created joy at the tips of her fingers. Suddenly, the people around the table were no longer strangers. They were friends and confidantes, and she was sharing with them her magic."

"I’ve always wanted a cat-drawn carriage"

"Because how can we expect people to change if we don’t give them the chance to?"

"By relegating the things we fear and don’t understand to religion, and the things we understand and control to science, we rob science of its artistry and religion of its mutability."

"By relegating the things we fear and don’t understand to religion, and the things we understand and control to science, we rob science of its artistry and religion of its mutability."

"Her personal belief system - equal parts Catholicism and mystic witchery..."

And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pretty to you is pretty to other people. And you know if you looked at these facts when you were happy, you would feel great because you are describing "unity.""

"I guess what I'm saying is that all this feels very familiar. But it's not mine to be familiar about. I just know that another kid has felt this. This one time when it's peaceful outside, and you're seeing things move, and you don't want to, and everyone is asleep.

The feelsss

:D !!!

Gah my heart

It was not that the women in 300 Fox Way weren't her family - they were where her roots were buried, and nothing could diminish that. It was just that there was something newly powerful about this assembled family in this car. They were all growing up and into each other like trees striving for the sun.

It was not that the women in 300 Fox Way weren't her family - they were where her roots were buried, and nothing could diminish that. It was just that there was something newly powerful about this assembled family in this car. They were all growing up and into each other like trees striving for the sun.

"Emptying another student's backpack over his car. I don't really want to talk about it."
"I do." Ronan said.
"Well, I don't. I'm not proud of it."
Ronan patted her leg. "I'll be proud for you."

He took careful note of the behind-the-scenes footage: how a miserable Gansey could become a hospitable one in just a moment. But he could never work out the practicum. Warm greetings iced in his mouth. Casual gestures became dismissive. A steady eye contact turned into an unnerving stare.'

'This was the master class that Adam had never gotten good at, although he'd spent months in dedicated study. He analysed Gansey's mannerisms, dissected the other boys' reactions, and catalogued dialogue patterns. He watched how an easy gesture unfolded a bouquet of mannish conversation, elegant as a magic trick.

'They were so close to the situation that it was difficult to tell whether or not they were the situation.'

No no no. No. No. No.

"He was no longer merely an observer in this world; he was a participant."

"I feel responsible." ... "But I'm not. I did what I felt I could do. Could you have done more? Possibly. Yes. We can always do more. It's a tough question to answer, and, ultimately, a pointless one to ask."

See, I don't necessarily think it's late. I think it's early. Early in our lives. Early in the night. Early in the new year.

Standing on the ledge of the bell tower isn't about dying. It's about having control.