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“Gansey had once told Adam that he was afraid most people didn't know how to handle Ronan. What he meant by this was that he was worried that one day someone would fall on Ronan and cut themselves.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“Fantasy stories will always be popular, as there are always readers who are willing to escape, freely, to the worlds that the authors create, and spend time with the characters we give life to.”
― Jason Ellis

“No homework. I got suspended,” Blue replied.
“Get the fuck out,” Ronan said, but with admiration. “Sargent, you asshole.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it.”
― Lloyd Alexander

“Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.”
― Arthur C. Clarke

“So do I wish I was to be king? That is not a question I ask myself. I ask myself, Would I be a good king? Would I be quick witted and generous of spirit and full of that boundless energy? Or would I be clumsy and stupid and dulled by my own prejudices? I try to be a good man, since I am alive at all, and hope that that teaches me what I would need to know if I was ever faced with a higher challenge.”
― Sharon Shinn, Summers at Castle Auburn

“Old family motto: "The best revenge is revenge.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Acorna: The Unicorn Girl

“I teach you to be warriors in the garden so you will never be gardeners in the war.”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“I won't let your ignorance silence my pain”
― Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Blood and Bone

“I apologize for anything I might have done. I was not myself.”
“I apologize for shooting you in the leg.” said Lila. “I was myself entirely.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“You look more ready to storm a city than seduce a man.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Are you ready ?" she asked, spinning the chamber.
Kell gazed through the gate at the waiting castle. "No."
At that, she offered him the sharpest edge of a grin.
"Good," she said. "The ones who think they're ready always end up dead.”
― V.E. Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

“Kell managed an echo of her smile, and [Lila] gasped. "What's that on your face?"

The smile vanished. "What?"

"Never mind," she said, laughing. "It's gone.”
― Victoria Schwab, A Darker Shade of Magic

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

“From the passenger seat, Ronan began to swear at Adam. It was a long, involved swear, using every forbidden word possible, often in compound-word form. As Adam stared at his lap, penitent, he mused that there was something musical about Ronan when he swore, a careful and loving precision to the way he fit the words together, a black-painted poetry. It was far less hateful sounding than when he didn’t swear.
Ronan finished with, “For the love of … Parrish, take some care, this is not your mother’s 1971 Honda Civic.”
Adam lifted his head and said, “They didn’t start making the Civic until ’73.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“How do you feel about helicopters?"
There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?"
"As a mode of transportation."
"Faster than camels, but less sustainable.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“Maura had decided sometime before Blue's birth that it was barbaric to order children about, and so Blue had grown up surrounded by imperative question marks.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven Boys

“In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them.
Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness.
Her raven boys.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Sometimes Ronan thought Adam was so used to the right way being painful that he doubted any path that didn’t come with agony.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Ronan," Noah said, "I have a super bad feeling."
"It's called being dead," Ronan replied.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“He left Chainsaw behind, much to her irritation. Ronan didn't want her to learn any bad language.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“Just her and the pink switchblade. They were a good pair. Both incapable of opening up without cutting someone.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“But one of the marvelous things about being Ronan Lynch was that no one ever expected him to do anything nice for anyone.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

“What a strange constellation they all were.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“It wasn't that Henry was less of himself in English. He was less of himself out loud. His native language was thought.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“I'm not asking him to stay, Ronan thought. Only to come back.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King

“The kitchen window groaned open, and Jimi shouted out, “Blue! Your boys are out front, looking like they’re fixing to bury a body.”
Again? Blue thought.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, The Raven King