Gansey Quotes - Page 2

• 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

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• 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.

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• There was nothing particularly intimate about the way they sat, but something about the scene made Gansey feel strange, like he’d heard an unpleasant statement and later forgotten everything about the words but the way they had made him feel.

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  Way, Strange, Forgotten

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

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• 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.

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• At one store, Gansey had started to pay for Blue's potato chips and she'd snatched them away. "I don't want you to buy me food!" Blue said. "If you pay for it, then it's like I'm... be---be---" "Beholden to me?" Gansey suggested pleasantly. "Don't put words into my mouth." "It was your word." "You assumed it was my word. You can't just go around assuming." "But that is what you meant, isn't it?" She scowled. "I'm done with this conversation.

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  Blue, Done, Mouths

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• Gansey threw open his door. Gripping the roof of the car, he slid himself out. Even that gesture, Ronan noted, was wild-Gansey, Gansey-on-fire. Like he pulled himself from the car because ordinary climbing out was too slow. This was going to be a night.

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  Night, Fire, Climbing

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.190, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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

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• Gansey leaned back, head thrown to the side, drunken and silly with happiness. "I love this car," he said, loud enough to be heard over the engine. "I should buy four more of them. I'll just open the door of one to fall in to the other. One can be a living room, one can be my kitchen, I'll sleep in one..." "And the fourth? Butler's pantry?" Blue shouted. "Don't be so selfish. Guest room.

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  Selfish, Silly, Fall

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• Calla readjusted, wrapping the silk around her other thigh instead. "Which one's he again? The pretty one?" Blue and Gansey exchanged a look. Blue's look said, I'm so, so sorry. Gansey's said, Am I the pretty one?

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  Sorry, Blue, Looks

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.148, Scholastic Inc.

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• Flustered, she replied, "You're not my - my - grandmother, or something." "You'd talk about this with your grandmother? I can't possibly imagine discussing my dating life with mine. She's a lovely woman, I suppose. If you like them bald and racist.

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  Grandmother, Dating, Lovely

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.94, Scholastic Inc.

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• I like you better this way." For some reason, admitting this made her face go hot right away; she was very glad that he still had his face pressed into his pillow and the other boys were still in Noah's room. "Crushed and broken," Gansey said. "Just the way women like 'em.

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  I Like You, Boys, Broken

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• I have to walk dogs." "Oh," Gansey replied, sounding deflated. "Well, okay." "But it'll only take an hour." "Oh," he repeated, about fourteen shades brighter. "Shall I pick you up, then?

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  Dog, Shade, Hours

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.205, Scholastic Inc.

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• I thought I heard---" Gansey broke off. His eyes dropped to where Adam held Blue's hand. Again his face was somewhat puzzled by the fact of their hand-holding. Adam's grip tightened, although she didn't think he meant for it to.

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  Eye, Thinking, Blue

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• Gansey studied Adam's erratic handwriting. His letters always looked like they were running from something.

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  Running, Erratic, Handwriting

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.27, Scholastic Inc.

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• If Adam was stupid about his pride, Gansey was stupid about Adam.

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  Stupid, Pride, Adam

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.69, Scholastic Inc.

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• Gansey had no idea how old Blue was. He knew she'd just finished eleventh grade. Maybe she was sixteen. Maybe she was eighteen. Maybe she was twenty-two and just very short and remedial.

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  Blue, Ideas, Two

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.72, Scholastic Inc.

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

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  Safe

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

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• She breathed. "This is lovely." It was for Adam, not Gansey, but she saw Gansey glance over his shoulder at her.

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  Lovely, Saws, Adam

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.175, Scholastic Inc.

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• Blue thought about what Gansey had said, about being wealthy in love. And she thought about Adam, still collapsed on their sofa downstairs. If he had no one to wrap their arms around him when he was sad, could he be forgiven for letting his anger lead him?

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  Blue, Arms, Adam

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.330, Scholastic Inc.

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• 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

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• I'm having a psychic moment. It involves you and me." Distracted, Gansey glanced up from the computer screen. "Were you talking to me or Ronan?" "Either. I'm flexible." Blue made a small, terrible noise. "I would appreciate if you'd turn your inner eye towards the water.

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  Eye, Talking, Psychics

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.168, Scholastic Inc.

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• Gansey appeared beside Blue in the doorway. He shook his empty bottle at her. "Fair trade," he told her in a way that indicated he had selected a fair-trade coffee beverage entirely so that he could tell Blue that he had selected a fair-trade coffee beverage so that she could tell him well done with your carbon footprint and all that jazz. Blue said, "Better recycle that bottle.

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  Coffee, Blue, Carbon Footprint

  Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.97, Scholastic Inc.

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• Well,” said Ronan, “I hope he likes it. I’ve pulled a muscle.” Gansey scoffed, “Doing what? You were standing watch.” “Opening my hood.

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  Watches, Likes, Well Said

  Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.325, Scholastic Inc.

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• There's a metaphor for the American public in here," Gansey murmered darkly, "but it escapes me at the moment.

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  Moments, Metaphor

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• In some parallel universe, there was a Gansey who could tell Blue that he found the ten inches of her bare calves far more tantalizing than the thirteen cubic feet of bare skin Orla sported. But in this universe, that was Adam’s job. He was in a terrible mood.

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  Jobs, Blue, Feet

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