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The walls of the arch are covered with blood-red jellies that wink and glisten at me by the light of the moon. My father told me they were completely harmless. I don't believe him. Nothing is completely harmless.

The walls of the arch are covered with blood-red jellies that wink and glisten at me by the light of the moon. My father told me they were completely harmless. I don't believe him. Nothing is completely harmless.

Maggie Stiefvater
Wall, Fear, Father
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.32, Scholastic UK

Sean reaches between us and slides a thin bracelet of red ribbons over my free hand. Lifting my arm, he presses his lips against the inside of my wrist. I'm utterly still; I feel my pulse tap several times against his lips, and then he releases my hand. "For luck," he says. He takes Dove's lead from me. "Sean," I say, and he turns. I take his chin and kiss his lips, hard. I'm reminded, all of a sudden, of that first day on the beach, when I pulled his head from the water. "For luck," I say to his startled face.

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Beach, Kissing, Hands

They're saying that you and Sean Kendrick were burning up the cliffs." Tommy spins me again and grins at me. "And when I say you and Sean Kendrick, I mean you and Sean Kendrick. And by burning, I mean burning.

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Mean, Burning, Cliffs
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.310, Scholastic UK

Maura whirled towards Blue. "Blue, if you ever see that man again, you just walk the other way." "No," Calla corrected. "Kick him in the nuts. Then run the other way.

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Running, Men, Blue
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.102, Scholastic Inc.

It occurred to me then that I was the opposite of my father. Because I was very, very good at destroying things.

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Father, Opposites, Destroying
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.466, Scholastic Inc.

Every third step I ran, my breath exploded out of me all in a rush. One step to suck in another cold lungful. One step to let it excape. One step of not breathing.

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Breathing, Steps, Cold
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.475, Scholastic Inc.

Inside the house, I turned on the kitchen light, revealing the photographs stuck every which way all over the cabinets, and then switched on the hall light. In my head, I heard Beck say to my small nine-year-old self, 'Why do we need every light in the house on? Are you signaling to aliens?

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Light, Self, Years
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.382, Scholastic Inc.

You could write a book about things that you can't find on-line.

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Book, Writing, Lines

Or even tell me it's because you could not live without The Boy's stunning Boyfruits for another night..." Sam's face was twisted into a weird shape at the mention of his Boyfruits.

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Boys, Night, Shapes

Don't cry pretty girl. Who you are is why you're so good at everything. You won't let yourself be otherwise. And thats what fascinates me." Duke- Lament

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Girl, Dukes, Cry

"It's OK," Puck says. She has a quick way of hiding her disappointment. If you're not looking for it, she's put it away somewhere before you know it was there. "You're busy." "No," I tell her. "No, I'll think about it. I'm not sure if I can get away." I don't know wheat I'm thinking. I cannot find the time to get away. I'm not a good dinner companion. But it's hard to think of that. Instead I'm wishing that I'd spoken sooner, before I'd seen her disappointment.

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Disappointment, Thinking, Wish
"The Scorpio Races". Book by Maggie Stiefvater, October 18, 2011.

Tommy grabs my waist and swings me around in a circle. I drag my feet because i am opposed to people touching me when I'm not expecting it. Also because it will take more than dancing to cheer me up.

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Cheer, Swings, Circles
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.310, Scholastic UK

There's a tap on the door then. We all exchange looks, Tommy Falk's as uncertain as the rest of ours. No one moves, so I finally wipe my hands off on my pants, go to the door, and open it a crack. Sean stands on the other side, one hand in his trouser pocket, the other holding a loaf of bread. I wasn't prepared for it to be Sean, so my stomach does a neat little trick that feels like either hunger or escaping.

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Moving, Escaping, Doors

There is something very shocking about seeing him standing dark and still on our doorstep. I lean the door a ways. The night's getting chilly. "You got away from the yard." "Is it still all right?" "It's all right. It's me and Gabe and Finn and Tommy Falk." "I've brought this." He holds up the bread, which is clearly a Palson's loaf, and it's still so fresh that I can smell the warmth of it. He must've come straight from there.

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Dark, Night, Doors
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.311, Scholastic UK

I open the door wide to reveal the answer. They all look at Sean standing there with his hands in his pocket and the other hand around loaf of bread and it occurs to me all in a rush as they stare at him that Sean looks a little, just a little, like he's courting. I don't have time to explain the truth of it before Tommy laughs and jumps to his feet. "Sean Kendrick, the devil. How are you?

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Doors, Hands, Feet

The fact was, by the time she got to high school, being weird and proud of it was an asset. Suddenly cool, Blue could've happily had any number of friends. And she had tried. But the problem with being weird was that everyone else was 'normal'".

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School, Blue, Numbers
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.86, Scholastic Inc.

It was the way she felt when she looked at the stars.

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Stars, Way, Felt

Oh! Your hand is cold." Ashley cupped her fingers against her shirt to warm them. "I've been dead for seven years," Noah said. "That's as warm as they get.

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Hands, Years, Cold
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.42, Scholastic Inc.

One thousand ways to say good-bye One thousands ways to cry One thousand ways to hang your hat before you go outside I say good-bye good-bye good-bye I shout it out so loud Cause the next time that I find my voice I might not remember how.

Maggie Stiefvater
Voice, Bye, Might

I walk through the seasons and always the birds are singing and screaming and keening for love When you're with me it seems so absurd that I should be jealous of the jay and the dove.

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Jealous, Bird, Singing
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Linger”, p.170, Scholastic Inc.

Blue." It was Ronan's voice, for the first time, and everyone, even Helen, twisted their head towards him. His head was cocked in a way that Gansey recognized as dangerous. Something in his eyes was sharp as he stared at Blue. He asked, "Do you know Gansey?" ... Blue looked defensive under their stares. She said reluctantly. "Only his name." With his fingers loosely together, elbows on his knees, Ronan leaned forward across Adam to be closer to Blue. He could be unbelievably threatening. "And how is it," he asked," you came to know Gansey's name?

Maggie Stiefvater
Eye, Blue, Names

At one store, Gansey had started to pay for Blue's potato chips and she'd snatched them away. "I don't want you to buy me food!" Blue said. "If you pay for it, then it's like I'm... be---be---" "Beholden to me?" Gansey suggested pleasantly. "Don't put words into my mouth." "It was your word." "You assumed it was my word. You can't just go around assuming." "But that is what you meant, isn't it?" She scowled. "I'm done with this conversation.

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Blue, Done, Mouths

I have to walk dogs." "Oh," Gansey replied, sounding deflated. "Well, okay." "But it'll only take an hour." "Oh," he repeated, about fourteen shades brighter. "Shall I pick you up, then?

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Dog, Shade, Hours
Maggie Stiefvater (2012). “The Raven Boys”, p.205, Scholastic Inc.

I like you better this way." For some reason, admitting this made her face go hot right away; she was very glad that he still had his face pressed into his pillow and the other boys were still in Noah's room. "Crushed and broken," Gansey said. "Just the way women like 'em.

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I Like You, Boys, Broken

World of words lost on the living / I take my place with the walking dead / Robbed of my voice I'm always giving / Thousands of words to this nameless dread.

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Voice, Giving, Walking Dead
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.231, Scholastic Inc.

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