“Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society.”

“I'm quite happy for that smile, because Dad told me once you should be grateful for the gifts that are the rarest.”

“In the middle of all this, as Sean slips out of his jacket, he looks over his shoulder at me and he smiles at me, just a glancing, faint thing before he turns back to Tommy. I'm quite happy for that smile, because Dad told me once you should be grateful for the gifts that are the rarest.”

“Dory is what Mum used to call a "strong-looking woman," which means that, from the back, she looked like a man, and, from the front, you preferred the back”

“Thanks,” I say, and Finn looks uncomfortable. Mum used to say he was like a faerie; he didn't like to be thanked. I add, “Sorry.”

“Adam had once told Gansey, "Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.”

“Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid.”