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title: "2 Stalking Quotes By Rick Yancey"
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> [The spring rains woke the dormant tillers, and bright green shoots sprang from the moist earth and rose like sleepers stretching after a long nap. As spring gave way to summer, the bright green stalks darkened, became tan, turned golden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/the-spring-rains-woke-the-dormant-tillers-and-bright-green-shoots/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eea/rick-yancey-831_bent_the-spring-rains-woke-the-dormant-tiller_599688.jpg)

> [“I took one look at it and demanded that he name three things he isn't good at. "Roller skating, singing, and talking to girls." "You left out stalking," I told him as he helped me out of the bed. "I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-took-one-look-at-it-and-demanded-that-he-name-three-things-he-isn-t/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/rick-yancey-831_roller-skating_i-took-one-look-at-it-and-demanded-that_2638825.jpg)

## Other authors on Stalking

- [Shannon L. Alder 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/stalking/shannon-l-alder/)

## More by Rick Yancey

> [“Don't you get it yet? The minute we decide that one person doesn't matter anymore, they've won."..."Beneath a sky crowded with a billion stars.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/don-t-you-get-it-yet-the-minute-we-decide-that-one-person-doesn-t/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [The way we learn to write is the way we learn to talk: We listen to others and start mimicking speech, and that's how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/the-way-we-learn-to-write-is-the-way-we-learn-to-talk-we-listen-to/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [I have a very low tolerance for boredom and often think I would have missed out on books entirely if Id grown up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-have-a-very-low-tolerance-for-boredom-and-often-think-i-would-have/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [There are things that are too terrible to remember, and there are things that are almost too wonderful to recall.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/there-are-things-that-are-too-terrible-to-remember-and-there-are/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [I've loved sci-fi and speculative fiction since I was a kid. It was inevitable I'd try my hand at it at some point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-ve-loved-sci-fi-and-speculative-fiction-since-i-was-a-kid-it-was/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“I can’t leave him. I made a promise.” I start to explain it, but I don’t even know how to begin. How do I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-can-t-leave-him-i-made-a-promise-i-start-to-explain-it-but-i-don-t/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“That's my big problem. That's it! Before the Arrival,guys like Evan Walker never looked twice at me, much less shot wild game for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/that-s-my-big-problem-that-s-it-before-the-arrival-guys-like-evan/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [I'm one, too," he said. "What?" He spit a wad of blood and mucus into the dirt. "A virgin." What a shock. "What makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-m-one-too-he-said-what-he-spit-a-wad-of-blood-and-mucus-into-the/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [Good God, man, what is that smell?" He eyed with disgust the doctor's filthy cloak. "Life," answered the doctor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/good-god-man-what-is-that-smell-he-eyed-with-disgust-the-doctor-s/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“He drops into the room, landing on the balls of his feet like a cat. I'm in his arms in the time it takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/he-drops-into-the-room-landing-on-the-balls-of-his-feet-like-a-cat-i/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“All things do happen for a reason... . Is this not the foundation of our faith? You are here-all of us-because we are but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/all-things-do-happen-for-a-reason-is-this-not-the-foundation-of-our/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [“Her raised his face to the weeping sky, closed his dark eyes, and sighed deeply, a smile playing on his sensuous lips. "The bloody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/her-raised-his-face-to-the-weeping-sky-closed-his-dark-eyes-and/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [To hold on, you have to find something you’re willing to die for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/to-hold-on-you-have-to-find-something-you-re-willing-to-die-for/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [I brought Sammy inside and put him to bed. Said his prayer with him. “‘Now I lay me down to sleep…’” To me, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/i-brought-sammy-inside-and-put-him-to-bed-said-his-prayer-with-him/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

> [A moment comes in war when the last line must be crossed. The line that separates what you hold dear from what total war…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-yancey/a-moment-comes-in-war-when-the-last-line-must-be-crossed-the-line/)

[Rick Yancey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-yancey/)

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