“His eyes were the brightest, most unnatural blue I had ever seen, a toxic cerulean.”

“You were. You areThe brightest thing in the shop windowAnd the most beautiful seldom I ever saw”

“Cerulean left. I wondered if she was from Flower Planet. Blue flowers were rare - one might take a name from that.”

“Griffin? You . . . okay?”His face still blank, he looked over at me. His pale eyes were wider than I’d ever seen. “That . . . was . . . the most . . . disgusting thing . . . I’ve ever seen.”My fear vanished. She was okay. I patted his knee and his expression changed. Peace filled his face. “And the most incredible.”

“The river runs every shade of blue that has ever been known to humankind: ink and turquoise and lapis, indigo, teal, cerulean, and ultramarine.”

“His steady gaze held hers. His blue eyes were very dark, uniquely so. She had known people before with blue eyes, but they had always been light blue. Will's were the color of the sky just on the edge of night.”