It's a strange thing, to be talked about instead of talked to. Maggie Stiefvater More Quotes by Maggie Stiefvater More Quotes From Maggie Stiefvater Because you have only known me for like fourteen seconds and seven of those were us making out and you still know more about me than all of my friends in this stupid place. Maggie Stiefvater fourteensevenstupid Avoidance is a wonderful therapy Maggie Stiefvater avoidancetherapywonderful Scent is the strongest tie to memory. Maggie Stiefvater scenttiesmemories Hi,' I said, and I hugged her. I missed her more now that I actually had her in my arms than when I hadn't. Maggie Stiefvater armssaid It was about falling asleep with Sam's chest pressed against my back so I could feel his heart slow to match mine. It was about growing up and realizing that the feel of his arms around me, the smell of him when he was sleeping, the sound of his breathing -- that was home and everything I wanted at the end of the day. It wasn't the same as being with him and we were awake. Maggie Stiefvater growing-uphomefall "That's a poor match, Sean Kendrick," says a voice at my elbow. It's the other sister from Fathom & Sons, and she follows my gaze to Puck. "Neither of you are a housewife." I don't look away from Puck. "I think you assume too much, Dory Maud." "You leave nothing to assumption," Dory Maud says. "You swallow her with your eyes. I'm surprised there's any of her left for the rest of us to see." Maggie Stiefvater eyesonthinking It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die. Maggie Stiefvater novembertodayfirsts I was thinking lots of things, but most of them needed to stay thoughts, not words. Maggie Stiefvater neededthinking I thought, possibly, that what I really needed was to go where nobody knew me and start over again, with none of my previous decisions, conversations, or expectations coming with me. Maggie Stiefvater starting-overdecisionexpectations I'm so tired I never want to wake up again. But I've figured out now that it was never them that made me feel that way. It was just me, all along. Maggie Stiefvater wake-uptiredwant He is slow, and the sea sings to us both, but he returns to me. Maggie Stiefvater return-to-mereturnsea You two are a strange pair. You are a pair, aren't you?" "We're in training. Maggie Stiefvater pairstrainingtwo I could just barely see the dark curve of his shoulder, and something about the shape it made, the gesture it suggested, filled me with a sort of fierce, awful affection. Maggie Stiefvater curvesshapesdark Do you know how to wrap a leg?" "I was born wrapping legs," I say stiffly, because I'm insulted. "Must've been a challenging delivery," Sean notes. Maggie Stiefvater legsnoteschallenges Tell me what it's like. The race." "What it's like is a battle. A mess of horses and men and blood. The fastest and strongest of what is left from two weeks of preparation on the sand. It's the surf in your face, the deadly magic of November on your skin, the Scorpio drums in the place of your heartbeat. It's speed, if you're lucky. It's life and it's death or it's both, and there's nothing like it. Maggie Stiefvater horseracemen I hear laughter and someone asks if I need help, not in a nice way. I snarl, "What I need is for your mother to have thought a little harder nine months before your birthday. Maggie Stiefvater laughternicemother What about us? Can i see you again? You can say no. You'd crush all my hopes and dreams, but it's an option. Maggie Stiefvater hopes-and-dreamscrushdream whether they'll write the story of my life as a tragedy or an epic fantasy... I was wondering if it was going to be a kiss at the end, or sad music and a sweeping camera shot over the fields I once roamed freely. I'm hoping for the kiss, but expecting the sweeping camera shot. Maggie Stiefvater kissingepicwriting All you who are in love Aye and can not remove it I pity the pain that you endure. For experience lets me know That your hearts are filled with woe It's a woe that no mortal can cure. -"the Curragh of Kildare Maggie Stiefvater woepainheart you wanted saving didn't you? Maggie Stiefvater savingwanted