“You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again.”

“If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.”

“I wish you could be kissed, Jane,' he said. 'Because I would beg just one off you. Under all this.' He flailed an arm toward the stars.”

“Ronan said, "I'm always straight."Adam replied "Oh, man, that's the biggest lie you've ever told.”

“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 w...”

“When she opened her eyes, she was both in her body and watching it, nowhere near the cavity of the tree. The Blue that was before her stood inches from a boy in an Aglionby sweater. There was a sli...”

“It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.”

“Can't you just like a girl who likes you back?''None of them likes me back. I may as well like the one I really want.”

“She blushed and so did he. She greeted him in a faltering voice, and he spoke to her without knowing what he was saying.”

“I think of you only twice a day - when I am alone and when I am with someone else.”

“Yet I cant bring myself to derail from her nor can I reject what I feel in the most primitive parts of me: hope. Because thats what I feel with her, hope that the world can get better. Hope that a ...”

“A flirtatious soul misses the point of intimate trust relations.”

“Do you really think that I dont have anything better to do than to spend my time thinking about you? Digging up a little of the goods on Luc Martineau?Fine lines appeared at the corners of his eyes...”

“He slouches,' DeeDee contributes.'True--he needs to work on his posture,' Thelma says.'You guys,' I say.'I'm serious,' Thelma says. 'What if you get married? Don't you want to go to fancy dinners w...”

“Well, in the first place girls never marry the men they flirt with. Girls don't think it right.”