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The world needs more love at first sight.

The world needs more love at first sight.

Maggie Stiefvater
Sight, Needs, World
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.210, Scholastic Inc.

Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.” Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control.

Maggie Stiefvater
Self, Grace, Overestimate

It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.

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Love, Shiver, Who You Are
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

There are moments that you'll remember for the rest of your life and there are moments that you think you'll remember for the rest of your life, and it's not often they turn out to be the same moment.

Maggie Stiefvater
Thinking, Rest Of Your Life, Remember
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.67, Scholastic UK

Some days seem to fit together like a stained glass window. A hundred little pieces of different color and mood that, when combined, create a complete picture.

Maggie Stiefvater
Thoughtful, Glasses, Color
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.70, Scholastic Inc.

I have a certain avoidance of reality that makes fantasy an ideal choice for me.

Maggie Stiefvater
Reality, Choices, Fantasy
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One thousand brilliant stars punched holes in my consciousness, pricking me with longing. I could stare at the stars for hours, their infinite number and depth pulling me into a part of myself that I ignored during the day.

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Stars, Numbers, Depth
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.37, Scholastic Inc.

My most memorable adventure was investigating the chalk cliffs in Yorkshire. While clambering over kelp-covered boulders half-covered by the sea, I fell and smashed my tail bone on one of them.

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Memorable, Adventure, Sea
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As you learn who you are, you can better surround yourself with friends who make you a better person, and that sometimes only happens when you disassemble old relationships.

Maggie Stiefvater
Sometimes, Better Person, Surround Yourself

People shouldn't have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.

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Kindness, Should Have, People
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.110, Scholastic Inc.

...she made her home in between the pages of books.

Maggie Stiefvater
Book, Home, Pages
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.338, Scholastic Inc.

Self-confidence is not the same thing as ego. This is not to say that the two don’t (frequently) dance hand in hand down the street, pushing over old ladies in crosswalks and kicking baby kittens. But they are definitely not the same entity. Ego is thinking you have all the answers. Self-confidence is knowing you don’t have the answers, but being pretty sure that you will be able to find them.

Maggie Stiefvater
Baby, Self Confidence, Thinking

names are a way to keep people in your mind

Maggie Stiefvater
Names, People, Mind

I hated this. I hated knowing what I wanted and knowing what was right and knowing they weren't the same thing.

Maggie Stiefvater
Knowing, Hated, Wanted
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.80, Scholastic Inc.

I tried to picture her in a class, any class, anywhere on campus, and failed miserably. I pictured her frolicking in a forest glade around some guy she'd just sacrificed to a heathen god. That image worked way better.

Maggie Stiefvater
Class, Guy, Way
Maggie Stiefvater (2010). “Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie”, p.35, North Star Editions, Inc.

I guess now would be a good time to tell you," He said. "I took Chainsaw out of my dreams.

Maggie Stiefvater
Dream, Would Be, Good Times
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.325, Scholastic Inc.

Overhead, the stars were wheeling and infinite, a complicated mobile made by giants.

Maggie Stiefvater
Stars, Giants, Complicated
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.636, Scholastic Inc.

Looking at him like that, I felt like I needed something from him, or somebody, and that probably meant that he also needed something from me, or somebody, but the revelation was like looking at spots on a slide. Knowing that it meant something to somebody wasn't the same as it meaning something to you.

Maggie Stiefvater
Meaning Something, Knowing, Slides
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Forever”, p.227, Scholastic Inc.

Grace reached over and began stroking her fingers through my hair. I closed my eyes and let her drive me crazy.

Maggie Stiefvater
Crazy, Eye, Hair
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.119, Scholastic Inc.

Grace. I held on to that name. If I kept that in my head, I would be OK. Grace. I was shaking, shaking; my skin peeling away. Grace. My bones squeezed, pinched, pressed against my muscles. Grace. Her eyes held me even after I stopped feeling her fingers gripping my arms. Sam," she said. "Don't go.

Maggie Stiefvater
Eye, Names, Grace

Are you sure you want to go out with someone with that kind of history? ...He could have a psychotic break. I read that people get those when they're twenty-eight.

Maggie Stiefvater
Eight, People, Dating
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.178, Scholastic Inc.

In his head, his mother said, 'People shout when they don’t have the vocabulary to whisper'.

Maggie Stiefvater
Mother, Vocabulary, People

Gansey appeared beside Blue in the doorway. He shook his empty bottle at her. "Fair trade," he told her in a way that indicated he had selected a fair-trade coffee beverage entirely so that he could tell Blue that he had selected a fair-trade coffee beverage so that she could tell him well done with your carbon footprint and all that jazz. Blue said, "Better recycle that bottle.

Maggie Stiefvater
Coffee, Blue, Carbon Footprint
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.97, Scholastic Inc.

I'm very nearly drunk enough to be transcendent," Calla said after a space. She was not the only psychic drinking, but she was the closest one to transcendence. Persephone peered dubiously into the bottom of her own glass. In a very small voice (her voice was always small), she said sadly, "I am not drunk at all." Maura offered, "It's the Russian in you." "Estonian,"Persephone replied.

Maggie Stiefvater
Drinking, Glasses, Psychics

How do you feel about helicopters?" There was a long pause. "How do you mean? Ethically?" "As a mode of transportation." "Faster than camels, but less sustainable.

Maggie Stiefvater
Mean, Long, Camels
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.151, Scholastic Inc.

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