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The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4) QUOTES

The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4) QUOTES

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

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

2 " Pain was a torn piece of paper. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

3 " What do you mean Ronan's a magical entity? Is he a demon? Because this all makes sense if so. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

4 " Now is the time to make sure we have the strings of all the balloons we want to keep before they all float away. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

5 " Wanting to live, but accepting death to save others: that was courage. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

6 " His quest was a wolf, and it starved. - Gansey "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

7 " He trailed through hallways, ducking under arms no longer there, excusing himself as he pressed through conversations long since ended. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

8 " Somewhere along the way, during this hunt for Glendower, he'd forgotten to notice how much magic there was in the world. How much magic that wasn't just buried in a tomb. He was feeling it now. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

9 " If one squinted into Cabeswater long enough, in the right way, one could see secrets dart between the trees. The shadows of horned animals that never appeared. The winking lights of another summer's fireflies. The rushing sound of many wings, the sound of a massive flock always out of sight. Magic. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

10 " If one squinted in Cabeswater long enough, in the right way, one could see secrets dart between the trees. The shadows of horned animals that never appeared. The winking lights of another summer's fireflies. The rushing sound of many wings, the sound of a massive flock always out of sight. Magic. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

11 " 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 (The Raven Cycle, #4)

12 " Gansey knew enough people with secrets not to be dazzled into easily using them as currency. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

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

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

14 " This was like walking the line between dream and sleep. The night-sharp balance of being asleep enough to dream and awake enough to remember what he wanted. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

15 " It was easier to tell a hero from villain when the stakes were only life or death. Everything in between gets harder. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

16 " 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 we don't want to suffocate. Why do we eat? Because we don't want to starve. How do I know I love her? Because I can sleep after I talk to her. Why? "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

17 " He had had his own feelings hurt over and over by Adam, even when Adam had meant no harm. Some of the worst fractures had appeared because Adam hadn't realized the he was causing them. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

18 " He was a book, and he was holding his final pages, and he wanted to get to the end to find out how it went, and he didn't want it to be over. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

19 " The head is too wise. The heart is all fire. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

20 " I don't care to be pretty," Blue shot back hotly, "I care to look on the outside like I look on the inside. "

― Maggie Stiefvater , The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)