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Ronan Lynch lived with every sort of secret.

Ronan Lynch lived with every sort of secret.

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Secret, Ronan Lynch
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.328, Scholastic Inc.

The only thing was, she didn't really want to see the future. What she wanted was to see something no one else could see or would see, and maybe that was asking for more magic that was in the world.

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Magic, Asking, World
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.66, Scholastic Inc.

Ronan didn't need physics. He could intimidate even a piece of plywood into doing what he wanted.

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Needs, Pieces, Physics
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.148, Scholastic Inc.

He didn't like to see either of the women in his family disappointed; it ruined perfectly good meals.

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Perfectly Good, Meals, Ruined
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.161, Scholastic Inc.

Did you get Mom a birthday present?" Helen asked. "Yes," Gansey replied. "Myself." "The gift that keeps on giving." "I don't think that minor children are required to get gifts for their parents. I'm a dependent. That's the definition of dependent, is it not?" "You, a dependent!" his sister said, and laughed. "You haven't been a dependent since you were four. You went straight from kindergarten to old man with a studio apartment.

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Mom, Children, Men

It was mint and memories and the past and the future and she felt as if she’d done this before and already she longed to do it again.

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Memories, Past, Done

No, you used nouns and verbs together in a pleasing but illogical format.

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Together, Verbs, Nouns
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.39, Scholastic Inc.

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.

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Stars, Wish, Arms

His mother had told him that when you looked into the eyes of God at the pearly gates, all the questions you ever had were answered. Ronan had a lot of questions. Waking Glendower might be like that. Fewer angels attending, and maybe a heavier Welsh accent. Slightly less judgment.

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Mother, Eye, Angel
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.24, Scholastic Inc.

I thought you said scrying was a bad idea.” “It's like vodka,” Calla said. “It really depends on who's doing it.

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Ideas, Vodka, Said
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.96, Scholastic Inc.

He was a patient with a diagnosis that he couldn't understand.

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Diagnosis, Patient
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.59, Scholastic Inc.

All that mattered was that something had struck the match, and Gansey was burning.

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Burning, Gansey
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.188, Scholastic Inc.

Ronan's smile was sharp and hooked as one of the creature's claws. "'A sword is never a killer; it is a tool in the killer's hand'." "I can't believe Noah didn't stick around to help." "Sure you can. Never trust the dead.

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Believe, Hands, Tools
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.127, Scholastic Inc.

- Tears don't become us. - What becomes us? - Action.

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Tears, Action

His home was populated by things and creatures from Niall Lynch's dreams, and his mother was just another one of them

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Mother, Dream, Home
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.144, Scholastic Inc.

When Ronan thought of Gansey, he thought of moving into Monmouth Manufacturing, of nights spent in companionable insomnia, of a summer searching for a king, of Gansey asking the Gray Man for his life. Brothers.

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Summer, Brother, Kings

Ronan Lynch lived with every sort of secret. His first secret was himself. He was brother to a liar and brother to an angel, son of a dream and son of a dreamer. He was a warring star full of endless possibilities, but in the end, as he dreamt in the backseat on the way to the Barns that night, he created only this.

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Dream, Brother, Stars
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.385, Scholastic Inc.

What a grin he had, what ferocious eyes, what a creature he was. He had dreamt himself an entire life and death. Ronan said, "I want to go back." "Then take it," said his father. "You know how now." And Ronan did. Because Niall Lynch was a forest fire, a rising sea, a car crash, a closing curtain, a blistering symphony, a catalyst with planets inside him. And he had given all of that to his middle son.

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Father, Eye, Son
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.329, Scholastic Inc.

He ordered Ronan to put on some terrible music--Ronan was always too happy to oblige in this department--and then he abused the Camaro at every stoplight on the way out of town. "Put your back into it!" Gansey shouted breathlessly. He was talking to himself, of course, or to the gearbox. "Don't let it smell fear on you!" Blue wailed each time the engine revved up, but not unhappily. Noah played the drums on the back of Ronan's headrest. Adam, for his part, was not wild, but he did his best not to appear unwild, so as not to ruin it for the others.

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Blue, Talking, Smell
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.107, Scholastic Inc.

As teenagers, we all see ourselves as outsiders... and it's very easy to look at other people who are more popular, who have more pocket money, and it makes you feel even more like an outsider, and it does shape who you become as a person.

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Teenager, People, Pockets

I adore book-to-film adaptations when they're done well, and I'm more lenient than many readers when it comes to what counts as 'done well.' For me, the most important thing is that the film maintains the spirit of the original book.

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Book, Important, Done

I can tell you that as a writer and as a reader, I regard character as king. Or queen. No matter how riveting the action or interesting the plot twists, if I don't feel like I'm meeting someone who feels real, I'm not going to be compelled to read further.

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Queens, Kings, Real
"How to Win the 2012 Fiction Contest!" by Laura Rosenfeld, www.seventeen.com. September 01, 2011.

hey Lynch I didn't leave that car for it to sit while you just blow III

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Blow, Car, Hey

No. Not really. A weapon didn't come to an agreement with the hand that held it.

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Agreement, Hands, Weapons
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

When does it happen?" "It already has," Calla replied. Her eyes opened and fixed on Blue. "And it hasn't yet. Time' circular, chicken. We use the same parts of it over and over. Some of us more than others.

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Eye, Blue, Doe
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.302, Scholastic Inc.

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