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I pressed my hand against her hair, holding her to me, filled with the certainty that she was going to hurt me again and that I didn't have the streng...more

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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 tho...more

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Blue was perfectly aware that it was possible to have a friendship that wasn't all-encompassing, that wasn't blinding, deafening, maddening, quickenin...more

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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 f...more

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Gansey clucked at his bedraggled reflection in the dark-framed mirror hanging in the front hallway. Chainsaw eyed herself briefly before hiding on the...more

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Derisively, Ronan said, 'No. The ancient Greeks didn't have a word for Blue.'Everyone at the table looked at him.'What the hell, Ronan?' said Adam.'It...more

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Some people envied Ronan’s money. Adam envied his time. To be as rich as Ronan was to be able to go to school and do nothing else, to have luxurious s...more

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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...more

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Pain was a torn piece of paper.

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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 nig...more

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Adam smiled cheerily. Ronan would start wars and burn cities for that true smile, elastic and amiable.

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It was hidden in things Adam already knew, half-glimpsed behind a forest made of thoughts.

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The hard fact of friendship is that you need to make time for new friends by first stripping out the people who are using your energy in an unsatisfyi...more