Gansey studied Adam's erratic handwriting. His letters always looked like they were running from something. Maggie Stiefvater More Quotes by Maggie Stiefvater More Quotes From Maggie Stiefvater His face was just strange enough that she wanted to keep looking at it. Maggie Stiefvater strangeenoughfaces This is what you get, Maura, for using your DNA to make a baby. Maggie Stiefvater dnababy Blue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes; she felt better about him as a person if she pretended he wasn't wearing them. Maggie Stiefvater shoesbluelooks The way Gansey saw it was this: if you had a special knack for finding things, it meant you owed the world to look. Maggie Stiefvater knackspeciallooks I always wanted an eccentric daughter . I just never realized how well my evil plans were working. Maggie Stiefvater eccentricdaughterevil The tourists always seem to want something. On Thisby, it's less about wanting, and more about being." I wonder after I say it if he'll think I sound like have no drive or ambition. Maggie Stiefvater want-somethingambitionthinking Happiness isn't something this island yields easily; the ground is too rocky and the sun too sparse for it to flourish. Maggie Stiefvater yieldislandshappiness 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. Maggie Stiefvater swingscirclescheer I'm already waiting when Puck gets to the top of the cliffs. I'm not the only one; about two dozen race tourists have made perches out of rocks, watching Corr and me as closely as they dare. Puck glares at them all, searing enough that some of them flinch in surprise. I'm not certain what to expect from her after last night. I don't know how to address her. I don't know what she expects from me or what I expect from me. What I get is a wordless hello and a November cake in my hand. Maggie Stiefvater racenighttwo I know not to trust anyone," i say. "Except..." Holly studies my face. "You do fancy him, don't you? What a strange, wonderful, repressed place this is. Maggie Stiefvater holliesfancyfaces 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. Maggie Stiefvater brokeni-like-youboys 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. Maggie Stiefvater walking-deadvoicegiving 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'". Maggie Stiefvater bluenumbersschool There is a little narrowing to his eyes at the end of it that makes me understand that this is a test. Whether or not I'm brave enough to go into the stall with Corr after yesterday morning, after I've had time to think about what happened. The thought of it makes my pulse trip. The question is not if I trust Corr. The question is if I trust Sean. Maggie Stiefvater eyemorningthinking And there is the girl. When I first see her and her dun mare from my vantage point on the cliff road, I am struck first not by the fact that she is a girl, but by the fact that she's in the ocean. it's the dreaded second day, the day people start to die, and no one will get close to the surf. But there she is, trotting up to the knee in the water. Fearless. Maggie Stiefvater girloceanpeople I can't really believe that it's over. "I'll speak for her." Every face turns to where Sean Kendrick stands a little apart from the crowd, his arms crossed. "This island runs on courage, not blood," he says. His face is turned towards me, but his eyes are on Eaton and his groups. In the hush after he speaks, I can hear my heart thudding in my ears. Maggie Stiefvater eyerunningbelieve I can see her clearly, standing on the rock beside Peg Gratton, unflinching before Eaton and the rest of the race committee. I can't remember when I've been that brave, and it shames me. The truth is, I feel myself being fascinated and repelled by her; She's both a mirror of myself and a door to part of the island that i'm not. It's like when the mare goddess looked into my eye; I felt that there was a part of myself that I didn't know. Maggie Stiefvater mirrorseyeislands Sean pushes up to his feet and stands there. I look at his dirty boots. Now I've offended him, I think. He says, "Other people have never been important to me, Kate Connolly. Puck Connolly." I tip my face up to look at him, finally. The blanket falls off my shoulders, and my hat, too, loosened by the wind. I can't read his expression--his narrow eyes make it difficult. I say, "And now?" Kendrick reaches to turn up the collar on his jacket. He doesn't smile, but he's not as close to frowning as usual. "Thanks for the cake. Maggie Stiefvater eyedirtyfall Sean looks at me then, his eyes bright, in a way that makes me feel out of sorts. I glare back. Maggie Stiefvater eyelooksway Sea does the sweep of his eyes that he does, the one that goes from my head to my toes and back again and makes me feel that he's scanning the depths of my soul and teasing out my motivations and sins. It's worse than confession with Father Mooneyham. At the end of it, he says, "If you help, this will go faster. Maggie Stiefvater motivationeyefather
