How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
Gansey couldn't remember the last time Ronan had listened to Celtic music. Niall Lynch's music. All at once, he, too, missed Ronan's charismatic father. But more than that, he missed the Ronan that had existed when Niall Lynch had still been alive. This boy in front of him now, fragile bird in his hands, seemed like a compromise. (16.21)
Niall's death didn't just take him away from this world; it took away the Ronan that everyone knew as well. The Ronan that exists after his father's death is harder, meaner, and sadder than ever.
Quote #5
"Cavalier?" Gansey suggested. "The truth is there's not even really a point having an EpiPen. The last they told me was that it would only work if I got stung once, and even then, they don't know. I was four the first time I had to go to a hospital for a sting, and the reactions only got worse after that. It is what it is. It's this or live in a bubble." (28.67)
Death? Gansey laughs in the face of death. He at least doesn't worry enough about dying to carry around an EpiPen. If a bee stings him, he's a goner anyway, and it's easier to just accept that instead of worry all the time.
Quote #6
She asked, "Were you scared?"
He didn't have to answer. She saw it in the hollow of his eyes.
"What happened?"
"I died," he said. "I felt my heart stop. The hornets didn't care. They were still stinging me, even though I was dead." (28.84-87)
Noah's not the only one around here who has an experience with being dead. Gansey did, too, although he was able to come out of it and go on to live his life. Now he feels like he has to do something big with his life, since he was given a second chance.