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This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.

This object that we hold in our hands, a book... that tactile pleasure, it's just not going to go away.

Maggie Stiefvater
Book, Hands, Going Away

Arbores loqui latine. The trees speak Latin.

Maggie Stiefvater
Latin, Tree, Speak
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves”, p.70, Scholastic UK

I slithered out of the sinkhole on my stomach. It was not the sexiest move I'd ever performed, but I was impressed nonetheless.

Maggie Stiefvater
Moving, Sinkholes, Stomach
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.680, Scholastic Inc.

Silence was never a wrong answer.

Maggie Stiefvater
Silence, Wrong Answers, Answers
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves”, p.136, Scholastic UK

There doesn't seem like there should be an artful way to butcher a cow, but there is, and this is not it.

Maggie Stiefvater
Cows, Way, Should
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.21, Scholastic UK

You needn't tell a bird it's a bird. Or remind a fish of its purpose. It's only us who lose our way. We have names because we must. - from Golden Tongue: The Poems of Steven Slaughter

Maggie Stiefvater
Names, Bird, Purpose

I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.

Maggie Stiefvater
Thinking, Limits, Speed

This new world was a vicious, sleek world made of street lights and tight jeans, sharp smiles and fast cars. This was a city, edited. A city, pared down to its bare minimums, beautiful and abusive.

Maggie Stiefvater
Beautiful, Light, Jeans
Tessa Gratton, Maggie Stiefvater, Brenna Yovanoff (2013). “The Curiosities: A Collection of Stories”, p.227, Carolrhoda Lab ™

Get some money, buy a red coffeepot, move out. Find a new place to plug it in.

Maggie Stiefvater
Moving, Red, Plugs
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.519, Scholastic Inc.

Kissing in front of the loveless is an act of cruelty.

Maggie Stiefvater
Kissing, Loveless, Cruelty
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.348, Scholastic Inc.

When did you get so smart?" He tapped his forehead. "Brain transplant. They put in a whale's. I'm passing all my classes with my eyes closed now, but I just can't get over this craving for krill." He shrugged. "And I feel sorry for the whale that got my brain. Probably swimming around Florida now trying to catch glimpses of girls in bikinis.

Maggie Stiefvater
Girl, Sorry, Smart

If I were a tree, I would have no reason to love a human.

Maggie Stiefvater
Tree, Reason, Humans
"The Raven Boys". Book by Maggie Stiefvater, 2012.

I didn't know," I start truthfully, "that it was the hard way when I started on it.

Maggie Stiefvater
Way, Knows, Hard Way

My words are unerring tools of destruction, and I’ve come unequipped with the ability to disarm them.

Maggie Stiefvater
Tools, Destruction, Ability
Twitter post from Mar 21, 2018

Avoiding a bathtub because your parents tried to kill you in one isn't the same as avoiding your entire life by becoming a wolf.

Maggie Stiefvater
Parent, Becoming, Avoiding
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.449, Scholastic Inc.

I had so much free time that free time was meaningless.

Maggie Stiefvater
Free Time, Meaningless
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.765, Scholastic Inc.

Where do you live?" Adam's mouth was very set. "A place made for leaving" "That's not really an answer." "It's not really a place.

Maggie Stiefvater
Leaving, Answers, Mouths
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.239, Scholastic Inc.

How do you get 'feng shui' out of 'thoughtful'?

Maggie Stiefvater
Thoughtful, Feng Shui, Shiver
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.154, Scholastic Inc.

This is a love story. I never knew there were so many kinds of love or that love could make people do so many different things. I never knew there were so many different ways to say goodbye.

Maggie Stiefvater
Love, Goodbye, People
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.2, Scholastic Inc.

The inside of the old Camaro smelled like asphalt and desire, gasoline and dreams.

Maggie Stiefvater
Dream, Desire, Gasoline
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves (The Raven Cycle, Book 2)”, p.237, Scholastic Inc.

Shouldn't you be looking at other cars? You know, car shopping usually involves ... shopping." "I don't shop very well", Grace said. "I just see what I need and get it.

Maggie Stiefvater
Shopping, Car, Grace
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.70, Scholastic Inc.

Imagine my delight and awe when I discovered such a thing was a real genre - contemporary fantasy or urban fantasy. It was like having my birthday twice in one week and cookie dough for breakfast.

Maggie Stiefvater
Real, My Birthday, Cookies
Source: www.yabookshelf.com

I'll cook the water.

Maggie Stiefvater
Water, Cooks
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.347, Scholastic Inc.

I considered calling Grace to ask her what I should say to a reticent suicidal werewolf, but I'd left my phone somewhere. Car, maybe.

Maggie Stiefvater
Suicidal, Phones, Car
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.265, Scholastic UK

Hers was a memory made up of snapshorts: being dragged through the snow by a pack of wolves, first kiss tasting of oranges, saying goodbye behind a cracked windshield. A life made up of promises of what could be: the possibilities contained in a stack of college applications, the thrill of sleeping under a strange roof, the future that lay in Sam's smile. It was a life I didn't want to leave behind. It was a life I didn't want to forget I wasn't done with it yet. There was so much more to say.

Maggie Stiefvater
Goodbye, Memories, Sleep

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