How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
Gansey resented having to play nicely with Ronan's older brother, a senior at Aglionby, but he understood why they had to. Freedom in the Lynch family was a complicated thing, and at the moment, Declan held the keys to it. (2.30)
Everyone has family problems, but the Lynch family has more problems than most. It's a bummer, because the icy relationship between Declan and Ronan Lynch affects everyone else—even their friends.
Quote #2
The story of the Lynch family was this: Once upon a time, a man named Niall Lynch had three sons, one of whom loved his father more than the others. Niall Lynch was handsome and charismatic and rich and mysterious, and one day, he was dragged from his charcoal-gray BMW and beaten to death with a tire iron. It was a Wednesday. On Thursday, his son Ronan found his body in the driveway. On Friday, their mother stopped speaking and never spoke again. (7.38)
Well, that's a pretty brutal and awful story. No wonder Ronan is so messed up—he's the one who found his father, after all. It's amazing that the Lynch brothers don't have more issues with all that they've been through.
Quote #3
She liked to imagine him stealing a glimpse of her over the backyard fence, proudly watching his strange daughter daydream under the beech tree.
Blue was awfully fond of her father, considering she'd never met him. (11.15-16)
Blue's pretty happy with her upbringing in a house full of psychic ladies, but she still spends a lot of time wondering what her dad is like. In fact, she has all sorts of fantasies about him, each of them pleasant.
Quote #4
But at Aglionby, there were no failing grades. If you dropped below a B average, you were out on your ass. And Dick Gansey II had let his son know that if he couldn't hack it in a private school, Gansey was cut out of the will.
He'd said it nicely, though, over a plate of fettuccine. (12.17-18)
In Gansey's world, everything seems to be contingent on success and money—even how his own family members feel about him. It's no wonder that he comes across as a little snobbish sometimes; he learned it from the best.
Quote #5
"When is Mom's birthday?" Helen asked. Gansey was simultaneously pleased to hear her voice and annoyed to be bothered by something so trivial. For the most part, he and his sister got along well; Gansey siblings were a rare and complicated species, and they didn't have to pretend to be something they weren't around each other. (14.2)
Siblings sometimes hate each other (Ronan and Declan are a great example of this), but that's not the case for Gansey and his older sister. They're the only people in the world who understand each other, since they come from the same circumstances.
Quote #6
"Damn straight," Calla agreed. "I wondered when you were going to go all rebellious on us. Why aren't you asking your mother?"
"Because I'm angry at her for telling me what to do." (19.15-16)
Uh-oh, it looks like Blue's relationship with Maura is hitting a snag now that Blue's going through her rebellious teenage years. She's basically hell-bent on doing the only thing that Maura has ever forbidden her to do—that is, hanging out with the raven boys.
Quote #7
It was remarkably easy to disobey Maura.
Maura Sargent had very little experience disciplining children, and Blue had very little experience being disciplined, so there was nothing to stop Blue from going with Adam when he met her in front of the house. She didn't even feel guilty, yet, because she had no practice in that, either. (21.1-2)
Maura and Blue have always had a rather open and permissive relationship, which is why it's such a big deal when Blue openly disobeys her mom for the first time. She's never even snuck out or gone on a date before. This is all new territory.
Quote #8
The conversation with Pinter gnawed at Gansey. Bribery. So that's what it had come to. He thought this feeling inside him was shame. No matter how hard he tried, he kept becoming a Gansey. (33.3)
Gansey is finding that he has more and more in common with his dad every day (besides their name, of course). This is not what he wanted, and he's going to have to find a way to become his own man.
Quote #9
As Calla rummaged through more things, Blue thought about what she'd just learned about her father and found she still maintained her unreasonable fondness for him. She was also pleased that he'd been cute. (34.46)
Blue's fondness for her dad remains even when she finds out that he was kind of a flirt and dated a lot of people. She sucks up any information that she receives about him because he's been shrouded in mystery her whole life.
Quote #10
Adam's knees were slowly liquefying. He did his best to keep most of his Aglionby life hidden from his father, and he could think of several things about himself and his life that wouldn't please Robert Parrish. The fact that he didn't know precisely what had been found was agonizing. He couldn't meet his father's eyes. (36.27)
Let's just say that Adam's father isn't going to win any awards for Best Dad. Instead of being proud of his son for everything that he's accomplished, he seems to despise him for it. Maybe he's just jealous.