#trb quotes

[unhavoc]

The appetisers were delicious, not because of the kitchen, but because all food eaten in anticipation of a kiss is delicious.

-Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves

[catlaila]

↳ richard campbell gansey iii

Gansey had always felt as if there were two of him: the Gansey who was in control, able to handle any situation, able to talk to anyone, and then, the other, more fragile Gansey, strung out and unsure, embarrassingly earnest, driven by naive longing.

[bookswithsb]

"There are two reasons a non-seer would see a spirit on St Mark's Eve, Blue. Either you're his true love," Neeve said, "or you killed him."

‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater, p. 16

[bookswithsb]

Aglionby Academy was the number one reason Blue had developed her two rules: one, stay away from boys, because they were trouble. And two, stay away from Aglionby boys, because they were bastards.

‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater, p. 10

[bookswithsb]

She wasn't interested in telling other people's futures. She was interested in going out and finding her own.

‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater, p. 9

[bookswithsb]

The old legends recommended the church watch be kept at midnight, but the dead kept poor time, especially when there wasn't a moon.

‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater, p. 7

[bookswithsb]

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.

‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater, p. 6

[bookswithsb]

"Ah," Neeve murmured again. "Tonight is a night." She said it like this: "Tonight is a night" and when she did, Blue felt her skin creep a little. Blue had sat watch with her mother for the past ten St Mark's Eves, but tonight felt different. Tonight was a night.

‘The Raven Boys’ by Maggie Stiefvater, p. 6