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I am standing here in the shed, and I'm waiting to see if my seeds are going to poke out ofthe dirt. I don't know if it's too early to look for signs of life or if, this time, winter has claimed my family for good.

I am standing here in the shed, and I'm waiting to see if my seeds are going to poke out ofthe dirt. I don't know if it's too early to look for signs of life or if, this time, winter has claimed my family for good.

Maggie Stiefvater
Winter, Waiting, Looks
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.413, Scholastic Inc.

It's only because I've lived with brothers that I realize, after a moment, that he's not looking outside but rather inside, wrestling with something inside himself. And there's nothing for it but to wait.

Maggie Stiefvater
Brother, Wrestling, Waiting
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “The Scorpio Races”, p.278, Scholastic UK

Sean reaches out between us and takes my wrist. He press his thumb on my pulse. My heartbeat trips and surges against his skin. I'm pinned by his touch, a sort of fearful magic. We stand and stand, and I wait for my pulse against his finger to slow, but it doesn't Finally, he releases my wrist and says," I'll see you on the cliffs tomorrow.

Maggie Stiefvater
Waiting, Magic, Skins

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

Maggie Stiefvater
Waiting, Want, Might

I smiled at the stacks, inhaling again. Hundreds of thousands of pages that had never been turned, waiting for me. The shelves were a warm, blond wood, piled with spines of every color. Staff picks were arranged on tables, glossy covers reflecting the light back at me. Behind the little cubby where the cashier sat, ignoring us, stairs covered with rich burgundy carpet led up to the worlds unknown. 'I could just live here,' I said.

Maggie Stiefvater
Light, Color, Waiting
Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.150, Scholastic Inc.

I've been waiting for you forever." "Forever' as in several hundred years, or forever as in since my lesson began?

Maggie Stiefvater
Years, Waiting, Forever
Maggie Stiefvater (2010). “Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie”, p.34, North Star Editions, Inc.

Once upon a time I would’ve leaped at the rare opportunity of curling up with Mom on the couch. But now it sort of felt like too little too late. I had someone else waiting for me.

Maggie Stiefvater
Mom, Opportunity, Waiting
Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.156, Scholastic Inc.

I watched the edges of the leaves slowly unfold, fluttering in the breeze. "How long did you wait?" It would've been unbearably romantic if he'd had he courage to look into my face and say it, but instead, he dropped his eyes to the ground and scuffed his boot in the leaves- countless possibilities for happy days- on the ground. "I haven't stopped.

Maggie Stiefvater
Eye, Long, Waiting
Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.101, Scholastic Inc.

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