“Ronan,” he said. It sounded like he meant to say Finally. “Dad,” Ronan said. He was going to say I missed you.… — Maggie Stiefvater Adam Copy Share Image
“You can't force someone to love you-don't you get it? You can force them to kill for you. You can force them… — Maggie Stiefvater Force 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 Brother Copy Share Image
Ideas come from all over, but as I write more and more, I find I'm always hunting for mood: I want to… — Maggie Stiefvater After Copy Share Image
“Sam: I felt like things were getting away from me. I'd found heaven and grabbed it as tightly as I could, but… — Maggie Stiefvater Unravelling Copy Share Image
“Here was a thing he wanted: to stop having dreams of being laughed at by tiny birds with very long legs. Here… — Maggie Stiefvater Dreams Copy Share Image
“Then Gansey said, very slowly, “Ronan, you’re never going to talk to Jane like that again.” Both Adam and Blue stared at… — Maggie Stiefvater Adam Copy Share Image
Did you just tell that man you went potty on yourself?" "You. Shut. Up,"I hissed back furiously and chucked the scrubs at… — Maggie Stiefvater Men Copy Share Image
Sea does the sweep of his eyes that he does, the one that goes from my head to my toes and back… — Maggie Stiefvater Confession 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 Arms Copy Share Image
“Tell me what to wish for." Tell me what to ask the sea for." "To be happy. Happiness." "I don't think such… — Maggie Stiefvater Happiness Copy Share Image
In the middle of all this, as Sean slips out of his jacket, he looks over his shoulder at me and he… — Maggie Stiefvater Be grateful Copy Share Image
“She said, “What’s the downstairs look like?” “Dust,” Adam replied. He used his foot to discreetly move a pair of dirty jeans,… — Maggie Stiefvater Dirt Copy Share Image
I can't really believe that it's over. "I'll speak for her." Every face turns to where Sean Kendrick stands a little apart… — Maggie Stiefvater Arms Copy Share Image
I was suddenly overwhelmed by what an incredible person this boy was, standing in front of me, and by the fact that… — Maggie Stiefvater Bird Copy Share Image
“The night following the reading, Gansey woke to a completely unfamiliar sound and fumbled for his glasses. It sounded a little like… — Maggie Stiefvater Death Copy Share Image
“Unlike most of the world, Gansey preferred Ronan to his elder brother Declan, and so the lines had been drawn. Adam suspected… — Maggie Stiefvater Adam Copy Share Image
It's like scrying into that weird space. There's so much coming out of him, it shouldn't be possible. Do you remember that… — Maggie Stiefvater Blue Copy Share Image
I wasn’t sure which of us was being more selfish—her, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not… — Maggie Stiefvater Impossible Copy Share Image
“It's easy to convince men to love you, Puck. All you have to do is be a mountain they have to climb… — Maggie Stiefvater Love Copy Share Image
Oh, I'll buy fourteen dresses and build a road and name it after myself and try one of everything at Palsson's." Though… — Maggie Stiefvater Answers 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 Grace Copy Share Image
“What have you guys seen me doing?” “Traveling,” Maura replied. “Changing the world.” “Trees in your eyes,” Calla added, more gently than… — Maggie Stiefvater Astronomy Copy Share Image
“There," I say. "No," says Elizabeth, following my gaze. "That is not where you're headed. I think the race is dangerous enough… — Maggie Stiefvater Think Race Copy Share Image
“Lucky you taught him that hook." "I never taught him to break his thumb." "That's Gansey for you. Only learns enough to… — Maggie Stiefvater Adam Copy Share Image
You're assuming they would listen to me," I said. Cole lifted his hands off the roof of the Volkswagen; cloudy fingerprints evaporated… — Maggie Stiefvater Assuming Copy Share Image
As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and… — Maggie Stiefvater Afternoon Copy Share Image
“Really, she didn't know if she's truly like to find out more about the pygmy tyrant. She just liked the name, because,… — Maggie Stiefvater Tall girl Copy Share Image
Gansey had no idea how old Blue was. He knew she'd just finished eleventh grade. Maybe she was sixteen. Maybe she was… — Maggie Stiefvater Blue Copy Share Image
When Ronan thought of Gansey, he thought of moving into Monmouth Manufacturing, of nights spent in companionable insomnia, of a summer searching… — Maggie Stiefvater Adam Copy Share Image
“Fear and rage are not very different when you think about it, two hungry animals that often hunt the same prey—emotion—and hide… — Maggie Stiefvater Fear Copy Share Image
I would say that by virtue of your not acting parental up to this point, you've relinquished your ability to wield any… — Maggie Stiefvater Ability Copy Share Image
Do you feel better?” I asked Sam as he opened the door to the Volkswagen for me. “Yes,” he said. He was… — Maggie Stiefvater Doors Copy Share Image
It was as if I had thought all along I was a complete picture and he had revealed I was a puzzle… — Maggie Stiefvater Back together Copy Share Image
“It didn’t escape Blue that his slightly accented voice was as nice as his looks. It was all Henrietta sunset: hot front-porch… — Maggie Stiefvater Voice Nice Copy Share Image
“But really, the Gray Man found that he didn't want to talk about his work. Not because he was ashamed of it… — Maggie Stiefvater Gray Copy Share Image
I focus on the elements of a movie that are meant to invisibly affect me as a viewer. The edges. As an… — Maggie Stiefvater Affect Copy Share Image
“Adam had once told Gansey, Rags to riches isn’t a story anyone wants to hear until after it’s done. But it was… — Maggie Stiefvater Happy ending Copy Share Image
“What he wanted was to be home, and home wasn’t here. He was stretched too thin to consider what was wise or… — Maggie Stiefvater Home Wasn Copy Share Image
“Listening to him tell the story now, it was clear to Adam that Glendower was more than a historical figure to Gansey.… — Maggie Stiefvater Adam Copy Share Image
