Grace,” I said, very softly. “Say something.” Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.” Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Grace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Sam, I really want to buy a red coffee pot, if they exist," Grace said. "I'll find you one — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
What are you wishing for?' Grace interrupted. 'To kiss you,' I said to her. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I could live inside a G major chord, with Grace, if she was willing. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Grace reached over and began stroking her fingers through my hair. I closed my eyes and let her drive me crazy. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Hello, Grace's parents. I'm Grace's boyfriend. Please notice the chaste distance between us. I am very responsible and have never had my… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I turned back to my extracurricular study of death and disease. Because no matter what Grace thought, I knew that in Mercy… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
What were you thinking about? When I came in?" "Being Sam," I said. "What a nice thing to be," Grace said. And… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“It's beyond him now. It's time for you to do your own thing." "My thing? My thing only worked if Grace was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I considered calling Grace to ask her what I should say to a reticent suicidal werewolf, but I'd left my phone somewhere.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I remembered the pain as clearly as if I were shifting — the pain of loss. I felt the agony of the… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Without turning on the light, I went to my bed and lay down, my arm thrown across the mattress, my hand aching… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Grace stopped in the door, dimly silhouetted by the dull gray morning light, and looked back at me, at my eyes, my… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
What do you mean? Grace Brisbane, you do not mean that you're not going back home again. Tell me that this was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Grace: I picked up my sweater from the floor and crawled back into bed. Shoving my pillow aside, I balled up the… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Then I began to play. Variations on a G major chord, the most wonderful chord known to mankind, infinitely happy. I could… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
She could've looked at the tiny miracles in front of her: my feet, my hands, my fingers, the shape of my shoulders… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Once upon a time, there was a girl named Grace Brisbane. There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Long after the other voices had dropped away, Sam kept howling, very soft and slow. When he finally fell silent, the night… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Grace: Outside, deep in the woods, I heard a long keening wail, and then another, as the wolves began to howl. More… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time, there was a girl named Grace Brisbane. There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The thing I was beginning to figure out about Sam and Grace, the thing about Sam not being able to function without… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
For a second, he was still, blinking. Then he shook off all the blankets and coats so that his arms were free… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Sam came around the back of the car and stopped dead when he saw me. "Oh my God, what is that?" I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
He'd only been gone two seconds, but the room got brighter when they were together, as if they were two elements that… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Because you have no survival instinct, Grace. You're like a tank, you just chug along< thinking nothing can stop you, until you… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Shouldn't you be looking at other cars? You know, car shopping usually involves ... shopping." "I don't shop very well", Grace said.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I won't let this be my good-bye. I've folded one thousand paper crane memories of me and Grace, and I've made my… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I saw her face then, and I recognized something of myself in her expression. Her eyes flicked over the shelves, seeking possibilities… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Because I knew it wasn't for forever." Grace touched his hair and he bent his head to kiss her, quiet as a… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Grace (talking about Sam): At the sight of him, my stomach slid down to my feet, a weird combination of relief, nerves,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I couldn't think of anything to say. I was idiotically entranced by the way he said "Grace." The tone of it. The… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
The room went dark and, after a moment, Grace whispered that she loved me, sounding a little sad. I wrapped my arms… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Sam reached his hand toward mine and I automatically put my fingers in his. With a guilty little smile he pulled my hand toward… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
“Once upon a time, there lived a boy, and he had to risk everything to keep what he loved. But really the story was:… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
I think-I need to ask an embarrassing question. Do you think I could borrow a pair of scrubs? I-uh-my pants-" "Oh!" Cried the poor… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
We dance, we dance. You hold the thread of my soul. You spin, you spin. And you unravel the part from the whole. We… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
“At least when he was at Aglionby he could turn over his papers to see the grades, concrete proof of his success at something.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
“That's the one." In Puck Connolly's custody. That might be the last I see of that jacket.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
“I asked,”Are you going to pick up next time I call you?” ”I did this time didn’t I?” “Say yes.” “Yes. Conditionally yes.”…... …”What… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
Tell me what it's like. The race." "What it's like is a battle. A mess of horses and men and blood. The fastest and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
“I felt a tickle on my skin; it took me a moment to realize that Cole was driving his die-cast Mustang up my arm.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
Happiness isn't something this island yields easily; the ground is too rocky and the sun too sparse for it to flourish. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share
