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title: "16 Waiting Quotes By Maggie Stiefvater"
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> [Have you heard of the legends of sleeping kings? The legends that heroes like Llewellyn and Glendower and Arthur aren’t really dead,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/have-you-heard-of-the-legends-of-sleeping-kings-the-legends-that/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [Once upon a time I would’ve leaped at the rare opportunity of curling up with Mom on the couch. But now it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/once-upon-a-time-i-would-ve-leaped-at-the-rare-opportunity-of-curling/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [you just can't wait to get out of your head, can you?" "if you were in here you might want that too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/you-just-can-t-wait-to-get-out-of-your-head-can-you-if-you-were-in/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [You look like a puppy. Like I'm jingling my keys and you're jumping by the door waiting for your walk" "Woof.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/you-look-like-a-puppy-like-i-m-jingling-my-keys-and-you-re-jumping-by/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [and i am a boy waiting-for the heat and fruitfulness of summer,waiting to see who will walk out of those woods for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/and-i-am-a-boy-waiting-for-the-heat-and-fruitfulness-of-summer/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [I've been waiting for you forever." "Forever' as in several hundred years, or forever as in since my lesson began?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-ve-been-waiting-for-you-forever-forever-as-in-several-hundred-years/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [Blue stretched her hand out. Adam took it without hesitation, like he'd been waiting for her to offer it. He said in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/blue-stretched-her-hand-out-adam-took-it-without-hesitation-like-he-d/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [I watched the edges of the leaves slowly unfold, fluttering in the breeze. "How long did you wait?" It would've been unbearably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-watched-the-edges-of-the-leaves-slowly-unfold-fluttering-in-the/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [Sam- " After you were bitten, i knew what would happen. I waited for you to change, every night, so i could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/sam-after-you-were-bitten-i-knew-what-would-happen-i-waited-for-you/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [I am standing here in the shed, and I'm waiting to see if my seeds are going to poke out ofthe dirt.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-am-standing-here-in-the-shed-and-i-m-waiting-to-see-if-my-seeds-are/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [Sean reaches out between us and takes my wrist. He press his thumb on my pulse. My heartbeat trips and surges against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/sean-reaches-out-between-us-and-takes-my-wrist-he-press-his-thumb-on/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [I didn't think I belonged here in her world, a boy stuck between two lives, dragging the dangers of the wolves with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-didn-t-think-i-belonged-here-in-her-world-a-boy-stuck-between-two/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [It's only because I've lived with brothers that I realize, after a moment, that he's not looking outside but rather inside, wrestling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/it-s-only-because-i-ve-lived-with-brothers-that-i-realize-after-a/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [“So it comes to this: I would have lost her either way. If Cole hadn't reinfected her, I would have lost her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/so-it-comes-to-this-i-would-have-lost-her-either-way-if-cole-hadn-t/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [I'm already waiting when Puck gets to the top of the cliffs. I'm not the only one; about two dozen race tourists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-m-already-waiting-when-puck-gets-to-the-top-of-the-cliffs-i-m-not/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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> [I smiled at the stacks, inhaling again. Hundreds of thousands of pages that had never been turned, waiting for me. The shelves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-smiled-at-the-stacks-inhaling-again-hundreds-of-thousands-of-pages/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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## Other authors on Waiting

## More by Maggie Stiefvater

> [Sam reached his hand toward mine and I automatically put my fingers in his. With a guilty little smile he pulled my hand toward…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/sam-reached-his-hand-toward-mine-and-i-automatically-put-my-fingers/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [“Once upon a time, there lived a boy, and he had to risk everything to keep what he loved. But really the story was:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/once-upon-a-time-there-lived-a-boy-and-he-had-to-risk-everything-to/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-think-i-need-to-ask-an-embarrassing-question-do-you-think-i-could/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [We dance, we dance. You hold the thread of my soul. You spin, you spin. And you unravel the part from the whole. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/we-dance-we-dance-you-hold-the-thread-of-my-soul-you-spin-you-spin/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [It was the way she felt when she looked at the stars.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/it-was-the-way-she-felt-when-she-looked-at-the-stars/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [Mum once told Dad that vices are only vices when looked at through the frame of society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/mum-once-told-dad-that-vices-are-only-vices-when-looked-at-through/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [“Why'd she leave so early? It's practically yesterday.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/why-d-she-leave-so-early-it-s-practically-yesterday/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [How long it takes us, each day, to know each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/how-long-it-takes-us-each-day-to-know-each-other/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [“At least when he was at Aglionby he could turn over his papers to see the grades, concrete proof of his success at something.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/at-least-when-he-was-at-aglionby-he-could-turn-over-his-papers-to-see/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [I'll cook the water...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-ll-cook-the-water/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [“That's the one." In Puck Connolly's custody. That might be the last I see of that jacket.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/that-s-the-one-in-puck-connolly-s-custody-that-might-be-the-last-i/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-asked-are-you-going-to-pick-up-next-time-i-call-you-i-did-this-time/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/tell-me-what-it-s-like-the-race-what-it-s-like-is-a-battle-a-mess-of/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/i-felt-a-tickle-on-my-skin-it-took-me-a-moment-to-realize-that-cole/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

> [Happiness isn't something this island yields easily; the ground is too rocky and the sun too sparse for it to flourish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-stiefvater/happiness-isn-t-something-this-island-yields-easily-the-ground-is-too/)

[Maggie Stiefvater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-stiefvater/)

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