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A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot.

A novel is a conversation starter, and if the author isn't there for the after-party, both the writer and the reader are missing a lot.

Maggie Stiefvater
Party, Missing, Conversation
Interview with Laura Rosenfeld, www.seventeen.com. September 01, 2011.

And then I opened my eyes and it was just Grace and me - nothing anywhere but Grace and me - she pressing her lips together as though she were keeping my kiss inside her, and me, holding this moment that was as fragile as a bird in my hands.

Maggie Stiefvater
Eye, Kissing, Hands
Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.70, Scholastic Inc.

My good mood felt like an endangered species.

Maggie Stiefvater
Good Mood, Endangered Species, Felt
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Sinner”, p.154, Scholastic Inc.

I’m not looking for self-control.

Maggie Stiefvater
Self, Self Control, Grace Brisbane
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.251, Scholastic UK

Do you ever get the feeling that something awful might happen?' James asked me. . . I sat up. 'I'm the awful thing that happens.

Maggie Stiefvater
Feelings, Might, Awful

..and me holding this moment that was as fragile as a bird in my hands

Maggie Stiefvater
Hands, Bird, Moments
Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.70, Scholastic Inc.

Mother and daughter like spoons in a drawer.

Maggie Stiefvater
Daughter, Mother, Spoons
Maggie Stiefvater (2013). “The Dream Thieves”, p.298, Scholastic UK

For a second, he was still, blinking. Then he shook off all the blankets and coats so that his arms were free and he wrapped them around me as tightly as he could. I felt him shuddering, shuddering against me as he buried his face in my hair. I said, uselessly, "Sam, don't go." Sam cupped my face in his hands and looked me in the eyes. His eyes were yellow, sad, wolf, mine. "These stay the same. Remember that when you look at me. Remember it's me. Please."" — Grace and Sam (Shiver)

Maggie Stiefvater
Eye, Hair, Hands
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.250, Scholastic Inc.

Again and Again, however, we know the language of love, and the little churchyard with its lamenting names and the staggeringly secret abyss in which others find their end: again and again the two of us go out under the ancient trees, make our bed again and again between the flowers, face to face with the skies

Maggie Stiefvater
Flower, Language Of Love, Sky
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.189, Scholastic Inc.

I remembered standing in the middle of the street in front of The Crooked Bookshelf, filled with the certainty of a future. I had heard the wolves howling behind the house and remembered how glad I had been to be human.

Maggie Stiefvater
House, Middle, Certainty
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.567, Scholastic Inc.

It's a strange thing, to be talked about instead of talked to.

Maggie Stiefvater
Strange, Strange Things

What are you wishing for?' Grace interrupted. 'To kiss you,' I said to her.

Maggie Stiefvater
Kissing, Grace, Wish

I folded myself against her body, breathing in the smell of my new life and matching my heartbeat to hers" Sam, Linger

Maggie Stiefvater
Breathing, Smell, New Life
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.3, Scholastic Inc.

Look, I realize both of you could happily strangle each other across the table, but I don't think that's the most effective use of our time, and frankly, I don't think I have enough money to tip the waitress for that kind of clean-up. And look, here's lunch. Let's eat that instead of eachother.

Maggie Stiefvater
Thinking, Lunch, Looks

Of course he would count the time that we'd been two entirely different species.

Maggie Stiefvater
Two, Different, Shiver
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.209, Scholastic Inc.

The fact was, I didn't know if I was built for happy endings.

Maggie Stiefvater
Facts, Happy Endings, Built

I remember being intrigued by the idea of school-in-a-box, just-add-water-and-Sam.

Maggie Stiefvater
School, Ideas, Water

This is Rilke. I wish I had written it for you.

Maggie Stiefvater
Wish, Written
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.189, Scholastic Inc.

Sam laughed, a funny, self-deprecating laugh. "You did read a lot. And spent too much time just inside the kitchen window, where I couldn't see you very well." "And not enough time mostly naked in front of my bedroom window?" I teased. Sam turned bright red. "That," he said, "is so not the point of this conversation.

Maggie Stiefvater
Self, Laughing, Kitchen
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.101, Scholastic Inc.

It was as if I had thought all along I was a complete picture and he had revealed I was a puzzle and had taken me apart and put me back together again.

Maggie Stiefvater
Taken, Together Again, Back Together

One happy day for every falling leaf you catch. Sam's voice was low.

Maggie Stiefvater
Fall, Voice, Happy Day
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.120, Scholastic UK

Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.

Maggie Stiefvater
Horse, Crazy, Book

The biggest mistake you can make is assuming that creativity will hit you all at once and the muse will carry you to the end of the book on feather wings while Foster the People plays gently in the background. Storytelling is work. Pleasurable work, usually, but it is work.

Maggie Stiefvater
Mistake, Book, Creativity
"How to Win the 2012 Fiction Contest!" by Laura Rosenfeld, www.seventeen.com. September 1, 2011.

I sat on the hill, the wind whispering through the long grass that surrounded me. I stared at the stars and wanted more than what I was and more than what the world was and just - wanted.

Maggie Stiefvater
Stars, Long Grass, Wind

That," he said, "is so not the point of this conversation.

Maggie Stiefvater
Romance, Conversation, Said
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.120, Scholastic UK

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