“Don’t psychoanalyze me,” her mother said. “I already have. And I say again, ‘ah.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Blue was awfully fond of her father, considering she'd never met him. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Gansey's partying with his mother," Ronan said. He smelled like beer. "And Noah's fucking dead. But Parrish is here.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It occurred to me then that I was the opposite of my father. Because I was very, very good at destroying things. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I've grown up alongside Corr. My father rode him and my father lost him, and then I found him again. He's the… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
My parents had always been so careful with me, until the day they decided I needed to die. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I hear laughter and someone asks if I need help, not in a nice way. I snarl, "What I need is for… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Did other people’s mothers vanish into holes in the ground during their midlife crises?” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
In his head, his mother said, 'People shout when they don’t have the vocabulary to whisper'. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
It's for personal reasons," I say stiffly, which is what my mother had always told me to say about things that had… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Through his fingers he threaded one of the flyaway hairs by her cheek. “My mother used to say, ‘Don’t throw compliments away,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
That was a weird thought. My straight-up mother being bothered by faeries? Delia was even weirder. I could picture the scene. Faerie:… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
My father said once that if I didn't have my mother's ginger hair, I wouldn't blush or curse as easily. Which I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I probably can’t stop you from meeting him anyway,” Maura said. “I mean, if Neeve is right about why you saw him.… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“It’s so dark that I can hear the sea better than I can see it. Shhhhh, Shhhhh, it says, like I’m a… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Ronan’s voice was different when he spoke to either his mother or Matthew. It was Ronan, unperformed. No. Ronan, unprotected. This tone… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I’m good,” she replied. “But thanks. My mother didn’t raise me to be violent.” “Neither,” observed the Gray Man, “did mine.” He… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
I didn’t know how I could live with that knowledge, without it eating me up, without it poisoning every happy memory I… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Every year, Blue and her mother, Maura, had come to the same place, and every year it was chilly. But this year,… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Blue had once intercepted a set of e-mails on her mother’s computer; one of Maura’s male clients had ardently begged Maura to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“You just don't want me to like them as well as I do because... you're trying to save me from being hurt?… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“I was just dreaming of the day you were born,” Niall said, “Ronan.” He wiped the blood on his forehead to show… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“From his father, Gansey had gotten a head for logic, an affection for research, and a trust fund the size of most… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“My mother always said that I was born out of a bottle of vinegar instead of born from a womb and that… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“When she turned fifteen, Blue concluded that her mother’s tarot cards were just a pack of playing cards and that the dreams… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“While I pressed the tissue to my face, Beck said, “Can I tell you something? There are a lot of empty boxes… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Gansey despised raising his voice (in his head, his mother said, People shout when they don't have the vocabulary to whisper), but… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Avoiding a bathtub because your parents tried to kill you in one isn't the same as avoiding your entire life by becoming… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“My mother used to say, ‘Don’t throw compliments away, so long as they’re free.’” His face was very earnest. “That one wasn’t… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
We sat like that for a long while, and when we stood up, all my sad things were in boxes, and Beck… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
My mother always said that I was born out of a bottle of vinegar instead of born from a womb and that… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
You know what I mean. I'm telling you I was stupid over it. I thought it was about trying so hard to… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
How do you know I wouldn't have just been happy with the truth? I don’t care if my father was a deadbeat… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
One of the things that I really like about young adult fiction is that you can explore the relationships between teens and… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“Do you know, it's really hard to be a parent. I blame it on Santa Claus. You spend so long making sure… — 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
Do you have it on your person?" my father asked. "Jesus" I replied. "My person has it in her purse. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“What I need is for your mother to have thought a little harder nine months before your birthday.” — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“That's the one." In Puck Connolly's custody. That might be the last I see of that jacket.” — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“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 Image