The Raven Boys Fate and Free Will Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)

Quote #4

Neeve had said this was the year she'd fall in love. Maura had said that she'd kill her true love if she kissed him. Gansey was supposed to die this year. What were the odds? Gansey had to be her true love. He had to be. Because there was no way she was going to kill someone. (6.28)

The whole having-your-future-foretold-by-your-family-members thing is pretty much a huge bummer, but it does keep Blue on her toes. Now that she knows there's a guy named Gansey out there who is supposed to die this year, she knows who to fall in love with. Easy peasy… right?

Quote #5

She reached for the railing of the stairs to keep her balance as President Cell Phone stepped into the hallway. 

Oh no. Not him. All this time she'd been wondering how Gansey might die and it turned out that she was going to strangle him. (15.24-25)

Being fated to kill someone like Gansey isn't too bad when he's the most annoying human being in the world. Blue's almost relieved that he turns out to be the dude she's supposed to kill.

Quote #6

I need to tell him he can't kiss me, she thought.

But not yet. Right now, she wanted to feel his skin pressed against hers, both of their pulses rapid and uncertain. (23.95-96)

Man, Blue's love life is really hampered by her stupid fate. Here she is, snuggling up against an attractive teenage boy for the first time in her life, and they can't even make it to first base.