Top 25 Quotes by Maggie Stiefvater of 678 - Page 16

She leaned toward me, offering her neck, and I kissed her just behind her ear.

She leaned toward me, offering her neck, and I kissed her just behind her ear.

Offering, Ears, Necks

Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.332, Scholastic Inc.

His lips tasted cool and sharp, peppermint, winter, but his hands, soft on the back of my neck, promised long days and summer and forever.

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Summer, Winter, Hands

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.149, Scholastic Inc.

Interesting choice," Sullivan said. He slid his gaze over to Paul, who was drumming his fingers on the table in a manic, caffeine-inspired way and blinking a lot. Paul wasn't out-and-out singing along with the king of the dead, but he might as well have put out a big neon sign saying "How's My Driving? Ask Me About My Nerves: 1-800-WIG-N-OUT." --James

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Kings, Interesting, Choices

We dance, we dance. You hold the thread of my soul. You spin, you spin. And you unravel the part from the whole. We laugh, we laugh. I'm so far from where I began. I fall, I fall. And I forget that I am.-from Golden Tongue:The Poems of Steven Slaughter

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Fall, Laughing, Soul

Some words have multiple meanings. Scholastic, aware that I'm allergic to preservatives, kindly got someone to translate the phrase "I can only eat food without preservatives" into Italian. They warned me, however, as they taught me how to say it, that the Italian word for "preservatives" is the same as the word for "condom." So that I should be careful how I look when I say it.

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Italian, Looks, Phrases

I was suddenly overwhelmed by what an incredible person this boy was, standing in front of me, and by the fact that he was mine and I was his.

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Boys, Facts, Overwhelmed

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.465, Scholastic Inc.

Mercy Falls was all about rumors, and the rumor on Jack was that he got his short fuse from his dad. I didn't know about that. It seemed like you ought to pick the sort of person you would be, no matter what your parents were like.

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Dad, Fall, Parent

Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.28, Scholastic Inc.

It was the perfect moment to tell her. This is my last year. But I couldn’t say it. Not yet. I wanted another minute, another hour, another night of pretending this wasn’t the end.

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Night, Years, Perfect

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.120, Scholastic Inc.

The entire room was so yellow that it looked like the sun had thrown up on the walls and wiped its mouth afterward on the dresser and curtains. ---Cole

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Wall, Yellow, Mouths

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.124, Scholastic Inc.

It's like how on certain days some people wear sweaters when other people can wear t-shirts and still feel comfortable - different reactions to the same temperature.

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Sweaters, People, Different

Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.315, Scholastic Inc.

I missed the sound of her shuffling her homework while I listened to music on her bed. I missed the cold of her feet against my legs when she climbed into bed. I missed the shape of her shadow where it fell across the page of my book. I missed the smell of her hair and the sound of her breath and my Rilke on her nightstand and her wet towel thrown over the back of her desk chair. It felt like I should be sated after having a whole day with her, but it just made me miss her more.

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Book, Smell, Feet

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.289, Scholastic Inc.

when we're married, can we go to the ocean? I've never been

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Ocean, Married

Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.550, Scholastic Inc.

"Grace," I said, my vision swirling now because of her blood smeared across my wrists, "Can you hear me?" She nodded then stumbled to her knees. I knelt beside her; her eyes were huge and afraid and my heart was breaking. "I'll come find you, I said. "I promise I'll come find you. Don't forget me. Don't-don't lose yourself."

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Heart, Eye, Blood

"Linger". Book by Maggie Stiefvater, 2010.

I'm an equation that only she solves, these X's and Y's by other names called. My way of dividing is desperately flawed as I multiply the days without her" - Page 165

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Names, Pages, Way

Afterward, Isabel drove me home and I shut myself in the study with Rilke, and I read and I wanted. And leaving you (there arent words to untangle it) Your life, fearful and immense and blossoming, So that, sometimes frustrated, and sometimes understanding Your life is sometimes a stone in you, and then, a star I was beginning to undertand poetry.

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Stars, Home, Understanding

This is sams phone" there was a long,heavy pause, and then: "oh." Another pause. "Youre the girl, arent you? The girl who was in my house?" I tried to think of what i might gain by denying it and drew a blank "yes" do you have a name?" do you?" he gave a short laugh that was completely without humor but not unpleasent. "I think i might like you. Im Beck.

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Girl, Thinking, Phones

Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was right to look doubtful. My head didn't work with words very well- at least not in this abstract, descriptive sort of way. Grace:"Sensitive" I tried. Sam translated: "Squishy" Grace:"Creative" Sam:"Dangerously emo" Grace:"Thoughtful" Sam:"Feng shui." I laughed so hard I snorted. Grace:"How did you get feng shui out of thoughtful?" Sam:"You know, because in feng shui, you arrange funiture and plants and stuff in thoughtful ways.

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Emo, Thoughtful, Thinking

Grace: The idea was immediately unbearable, only because I wanted it to be true so badly it hurt

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Hurt, Ideas, Grace

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.39, Scholastic Inc.

My chest ached, my body speaking a language my head didn't quite understand. I waited. But Grace, the only person in the world I wanted to know me, just ran a wanting finger over the cover of one of the new hardcovers and walked out of the store without ever realising I was there, right within reach.

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Grace, World, Body

Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.14, Scholastic Inc.

I could still smell her on my fur. It clung to me, a memory of another world. I was drunk with it, with the scent of her. I'd got too close. The smell of summer on her skin, the half-recalled cadence of her voice, the sensation of her fingers on my fur. Every bit of me sang with the memory of her closeness. Too close. I couldn't stay away.

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Summer, Memories, Voice

"Shiver". Book by Maggie Stiefvater, 2009.

Hello, Grace's parents. I'm Grace's boyfriend. Please notice the chaste distance between us. I am very responsible and have never had my tongue in your daughter's mouth.

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Daughter, Distance, Parent

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.195, Scholastic UK

Once upon a time, there was a girl named Grace Brisbane. There was nothing particularly special about her, except that she was good with numbers, and very good at lying, and she made her home in between the pages of books. She loved all the wolves behind her house, but she love one of them most of all.

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Girl, Lying, Book

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

Did you know you get one happy day for every one you catch?... One happy day for every falling leaf you catch" -sam

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Fall, Happy Day, Leafs

Sometimes, your eyes see something your brain doesn't. You pick up a nmewspaper and yourhead gives you a phrase that you didn't consciously read yet. You walk into a room and you realize something's out of place before you've bothered to properly look. I felt that happening now." "Sam's thoughts on page 304 of Linger.

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Eye, Giving, Brain

I was suddenly overwhelmed by what an incredible person this boy was, standing in front of me, and by the fact that he was mine and I was his. "Right now," Sam said - and I saw that he held the invoice for today's studio time in his hand, folded into a bird with sun-washed wings - "it's hard to imagine that it is raining anewhere in the world." "From Linger, page 258

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Rain, Boys, Hands

Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.465, Scholastic Inc.

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