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look, getting bitten doesn't make you into a monster. It just makes you a wolf. You are what you are. When you're a wolf, or when you're shifting, you don't have human inhibitions, so if you're naturally angry or

look, getting bitten doesn't make you into a monster. It just makes you a wolf. You are what you are. When you're a wolf, or when you're shifting, you don't have human inhibitions, so if you're naturally angry or violent, you get worse.

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Monsters, Looks, Shifting
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.198, Scholastic Inc.

and i am a boy waiting-for the heat and fruitfulness of summer,waiting to see who will walk out of those woods for me. Waiting for my lovely summer girl

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Girl, Summer, Boys
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.569, Scholastic Inc.

you just can't wait to get out of your head, can you?" "if you were in here you might want that too.

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Waiting, Want, Might

I laughed, loud enough that Delia looked up at me. She made motions for me to come over, but I pretended to be looking past her into the food tent. "Hurry. Pretend you're pointing something out so I can pretend not to see her." Luke put a hand on my shoulder and pointed with the other towards the sky. "Look, the moon." "That was the best you could come up with?" I demanded.

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Past, Moon, Hands
Maggie Stiefvater (2010). “Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception”, p.42, North Star Editions, Inc.

My hand aching because grace wasn't underneath it 3!

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Hands, Grace

I wasn’t sure if I was charmed by his reluctance to share a bed with a girl or insulted that, apparently, I wasn’t hot enough for him to charge the mattress like a bull.

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Girl, Bed, Hot
Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.62, Scholastic Inc.

Creative" "Dangerously emo.

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Emo, Creative
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.188, Scholastic UK

I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life.

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Eye, Born, This Life
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.108, Scholastic Inc.

Grace (talking about Sam): At the sight of him, my stomach slid down to my feet, a weird combination of relief, nerves, and anticipation all in one, a feeling that never seemed to go away.

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Sight, Talking, Feet
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.

"After you were bitten, i knew what would happen. I waited for you to change, every night, so i could bring you back and keep you from getting hurt." "How long did you wait?" "I haven't stopped."

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Hurt, Night, Long
"Shiver". Book by Maggie Stiefvater, August 1, 2009.

When he kissed me, his lips soft and careful, it was all the thrill of our first kiss and all the practiced familiarity of the accumulated memory of all our kisses.

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Memories, Kissing, Thrill
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.526, Scholastic Inc.

It felt wrong to be so proud of something that I had absolutely nothing to do with, but I couldn't help myself.

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Proud, Helping, Absolutely Nothing
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.485, Scholastic Inc.

Grace,” I said, very softly. “Say something.” Sam,” she said, and I crushed her to me.

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Grace, Said, Crushed
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.287, Scholastic Inc.

This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who became one

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Girl, Boys, Stories
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.569, Scholastic Inc.

I had risked everything, and I had nothing to show for it but my open hand, lying empty and palm up toward the ceiling.

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Lying, Hands, Ceilings
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.165, Scholastic Inc.

Sam looked at me, yellow eyes catching and holding me. "I miss being me. I miss you. All the time.

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Eye, Yellow, Missing
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.179, Scholastic UK

i never pegged you for a fan of the obvious, sam", "i'm not, otherwise, i would've said, 'hey, shouldn't you be in school ?'", "touche

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School, Fans, Hey

Rilke says: Verweilung, auch am Verstrautesten nicht, ist uns gegeben - We are not allowed to linger, even with what is most intimate.

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Intimate
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.380, Scholastic Inc.

Life's pain. You just have to get over as much of it as you can. -Isabel Culpeper

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Pain, Get Over

It's rude to stare, but the great thing about staring at a sedated person is that they don't know you're doing it.

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Rude, Staring, Great Things
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.62, Scholastic UK

Thery're both iron, isn't that funny?" "Funny haha or funny strange?" James handed them back to me "Funny 'occult'" "Ah. Funny strange" James looked at me sternly, "Don't start that. I'm supposed to be the humorous one

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Humorous, Iron, Haha

No, Elenore's something else. You're beautiful. Especially when you look at me with that 'boy he's a condescending asshole' expression....Yea. Beautiful.

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Beautiful, Boys, Expression

She reached down and traced my eyebrows. 'You do have really beautiful eyes.' 'We get to keep them,' I said. Grace started at my voice. 'What?' 'It's the one thing we keep. Our eyes stay the same.' I unclenched my fists. 'I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life.

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Beautiful, Eye, Voice
Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.109, Scholastic Inc.

Grace: I picked up my sweater from the floor and crawled back into bed. Shoving my pillow aside, I balled up the sweater to use instead. I fell asleep to the scent of my wolf. Pine needles, cold rain, earthy perfume, coarse bristles on my face. It was almost like he was there.

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Rain, Sweaters, Grace

I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl, From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl, I’d love to spend a winter with my lovely summer girl, But I’m never warm enough for my lovely summer girl, It’s summer when she smiles, I’m laughing like a child, It’s the summer of our lives; we’ll contain it for a while She holds the heat, the breeze of summer in the circle of her hand I’d be happy with this summer if it’s all we ever had.

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Summer, Girl, Children
Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.175, Scholastic Inc.

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