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I can see her clearly, standing on the rock beside Peg Gratton, unflinching before Eaton and the rest of the race committee. I can't remember when I've been that brave, and it shames me. The truth is, I feel myself

I can see her clearly, standing on the rock beside Peg Gratton, unflinching before Eaton and the rest of the race committee. I can't remember when I've been that brave, and it shames me. The truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her; She's both a mirror of myself and a door to part of the island that i'm not. It's like when the mare goddess looked into my eye; I felt that there was a part of myself that I didn't know.

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Eye, Islands, Mirrors

In the end, he was nobody to Adam, he was nobody to Ronan. Adam spit his words back at him and Ronan squandered however many second chances he gave him. Gansey was just a guy with a lot of stuff and a hole inside him that chewed away more of his heart every year.

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Heart, Second Chance, Years

Adam didn't look at him when he said, finally, "It doesn't matter how you say it. It's what you wanted, in the end. All your things in one place, all under your roof. Everything you own right where you can see.

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Looks, Matter, Adam
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.280, Scholastic Inc.

Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.

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Rags, Stories, Done
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.106, Scholastic Inc.

I found it." "People find pennies," Gansey replied. "Or car keys. Or four-leaf clovers." "And ravens," Ronan said. "You're just jealous 'cause" - at this point, he had to stop to regroup his beer-sluggish thoughts - "you didn't find one, too.

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Jealous, Beer, Keys

When Gansey was polite, it made him powerful. When Adam was polite, he was giving power away.

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Powerful, Giving, Adam
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.117, Scholastic Inc.

The best-case scenario here is that you make friends with a boy who's going to die." "Ah," said Calla, in a very, very knowing way. "Now I see." "Don't psychoanalyse me," her mother said. "I already have. And I say again, 'ah'.

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Mother, Boys, Knowing

It's like scrying into that weird space. There's so much coming out of him, it shouldn't be possible. Do you remember that woman who came in who was pregnant with quadruplets? It was like that, but worse." "He's pregnant?" Blue asked.

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Blue, Space, Remember
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.125, Scholastic Inc.

Is this thing safe?" "Safe as life," Gansey replied.

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Safe, Gansey
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough.

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Aunt, Sitting, Half

He's a pit bull," Adam said. "I know some really nice pit bulls." "He's the kind of pit that makes the evening news. Gansey's trying to restrain him." "How noble.

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Nice, Trying, News

I guess I make things that need energy stronger. I'm like a walking battery.

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Wall, Blue, Stronger
"The Raven Boys". Book by Maggie Stiefvater, 2012.

I think they're here because I thought they ought to be here," Gansey said. Blue replied sarcastically. "Okay, God.

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Thinking, Blue, Said
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.179, Scholastic Inc.

He strode over to the ruined church. This, Blue had discovered, was how Gansey got places - striding. Walking was for ordinary people.

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Blue, People, Church
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.210, Scholastic Inc.

I never taught him to break him thumb." "That's Gansey for you. Only learns enough to be superficially competent." "Loser," Ronan agreed, and he was himself again.

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Thumbs, Taught, Loser
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.268, Scholastic Inc.

You are being self-pitying." "I'm nearly done. You don't have much more of this to bear." "I like you better this way." "Crushed and broken," Gansey said. "Just the way women like 'em.

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I Like You, Self, Broken

Sean pushes up to his feet and stands there. I look at his dirty boots. Now I've offended him, I think. He says, "Other people have never been important to me, Kate Connolly. Puck Connolly." I tip my face up to look at him, finally. The blanket falls off my shoulders, and my hat, too, loosened by the wind. I can't read his expression--his narrow eyes make it difficult. I say, "And now?" Kendrick reaches to turn up the collar on his jacket. He doesn't smile, but he's not as close to frowning as usual. "Thanks for the cake.

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Dirty, Fall, Eye

Sean looks at me then, his eyes bright, in a way that makes me feel out of sorts. I glare back.

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Eye, Looks, Way
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.248, Scholastic UK

Sea does the sweep of his eyes that he does, the one that goes from my head to my toes and back again and makes me feel that he's scanning the depths of my soul and teasing out my motivations and sins. It's worse than confession with Father Mooneyham. At the end of it, he says, "If you help, this will go faster.

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Motivation, Father, Eye

It's a lovely answer and takes me entirely by surprise. I hadn't realized we were having a serious conversation, or I think I would've given a better reply when he asked me.

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Thinking, Lovely, Answers

I don't think I'd like to argue with you," I say. "I think it would be a very dissatisfying pastime.

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Thinking, Would Be, Arguing
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.278, Scholastic UK

It's only because I've lived with brothers that I realize, after a moment, that he's not looking outside but rather inside, wrestling with something inside himself. And there's nothing for it but to wait.

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Brother, Wrestling, Waiting
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.278, Scholastic UK

As always, there was an all-American war hero look to him, coded in his tousled brown hair, his summer-narrowed hazel eyes, the straight nose that ancient Anglo-Saxons had graciously passed on to him. Everything about him suggested valor and power and a firm handshake.

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Summer, War, Hero
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.38, Scholastic Inc.

I couldn't remember the last time I hadn't had to fake gratitude for a gift, and now that I actually was grateful, thank you didn't seem to cut it.

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Gratitude, Grateful, Cutting

Ronan kept staring at Whelk. He was good at staring. There was something about his stare that took something from the other person.

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Staring, Persons
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.94, Scholastic Inc.

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