“in a teal polo shirt could perish of anything other than heart disease at age eighty-six, possibly at a polo match.” — Maggie Stiefvater Heart disease Copy Share Image
“It sure is ugly.” “Ugly, never hurt a thing.” I scoffed. “Oh, ugly has hurt some things. It’s just that pretty hurts… — Maggie Stiefvater Cole st clair Copy Share Image
I like to hear from my readers, and I like to feel like I'm part of a bigger community of readers and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Do you eat all of the men in the family? Where do they go? Does this house have a basement?” — Maggie Stiefvater Absence Copy Share Image
“She tossed the knife into the sink, where it would remain until it died.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“She felt like she’d done so much work to appear as eccentric as possible, and still, when it came down to it,… — Maggie Stiefvater Eccentric Copy Share Image
Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society. — Maggie Stiefvater Dad Copy Share Image
“A raven, of all the birds for Ronan to turn up with. Gansey didn’t believe in coincidences.” — Maggie Stiefvater Birds Copy Share Image
“Food," I suggested. "Sleep. That's what I need. To get the hell away from here." Cole frowned at me, as if I'd… — Maggie Stiefvater Cole st clair Copy Share Image
When he kissed me, his lips soft and careful, it was all the thrill of our first kiss and all the practiced… — Maggie Stiefvater Adventure Copy Share Image
“I know you think you're a punk," Declan said. "But you aren't nearly as bad ass as you think you are." "Oh,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Tourists, a lot of them, wearing unfamiliar faces. There is something subtly different about them, like they're a different species...They're related to… — Maggie Stiefvater Tourists Copy Share Image
“Ronan gave in to the brief privilege of hating himself, as he always did in church. There was something satisfying about acknowledging… — Maggie Stiefvater Hatred Copy Share Image
I watched her and I watched the birds' shadows flit across her face, and I...wanted. I wanted more happy memories to hang… — Maggie Stiefvater Bird Copy Share Image
It was a strangely disorienting feeling, to have something you'd relied on for so long start to change, like finding out that… — Maggie Stiefvater Feelings Copy Share Image
And I told you before, I'll sell you any of the thoroughbreds.” “I didn't make any of those thoroughbreds. I didn't make… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Tell me what it's like. The race." What it's like is a battle. A mess of horses and men and blood. The… — Maggie Stiefvater Life Copy Share Image
“I hear one of my mares scream, and I turn long enough to flip open my bag and throw a handful of… — Maggie Stiefvater Irony Copy Share Image
"It's OK," Puck says. She has a quick way of hiding her disappointment. If you're not looking for it, she's put it… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
That night, like every other night since I’d met her, I curled Grace into my arms, listening to her parents’ muffled movements… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Henry shuffled the jewelled insect back out of his pocket. It amber heart warmed light through the pit again. “Back in the… — Maggie Stiefvater Gansey Copy Share Image
“I've always been interested in the intimate side of events. War doesn't interest me: soldiers do. Protests don't interest me: protestors do.… — Maggie Stiefvater Big world Copy Share Image
“Without any particular discussion, the Gansey family in its entirety moved the conversation to the upstairs study, out of earshot. Although several… — Maggie Stiefvater Communication Copy Share Image
I laughed, loud enough that Delia looked up at me. She made motions for me to come over, but I pretended to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“It suddenly seemed like a lonesome thing to be buried a sea away from your home, like being shot off into space.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Hi,' I said, and I hugged her. I missed her more now that I actually had her in my arms than when… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“In and out' Ronan repeated. It didn't sound like a dream he'd ever had. 'Like a motherfucking thief.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Oh, filmmakers, please don't take my soft book and turn it into a horror, or take my horror and make it soft. — Maggie Stiefvater Book Copy Share Image
Grace,” I said, very softly. “Say something.” Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Some feelings are rooted too strongly in the body to exist without it, and this one, desire, is one of them.” — Maggie Stiefvater Desire Copy Share Image
It wasn’t a touch that said I need more. It was a touch that said I want this. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“If you're reading this, I'm either a wolf for good, or you're Ulrik and you should get the hell out of my… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
And Ronan was everything that was left: molten eyes and a smile made for war. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I thought you said scrying was a bad idea.” “It's like vodka,” Calla said. “It really depends on who's doing it. — Maggie Stiefvater Bad idea Copy Share Image
“So much of magic-of power, in general-required belief as a prerequisite.” — Maggie Stiefvater Faith Copy Share Image
“I was looking for a miracle, but I got a story instead, and sometimes those are the same thing.” — Maggie Stiefvater Miracle Copy Share Image
I don't trust the ocean, either; it would kill me as soon as not. It doesn't mean I'm afraid of it. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
sloughing my skin / escaping it's grip / stripped of my wit / it hurts to be me . — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I tired the back door -- unlocked. Truley the Man Upstairs was smiling down on me. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Overhead, the stars were wheeling and infinite, a complicated mobile made by giants. — Maggie Stiefvater Astronomy Copy Share Image
