You're assuming they would listen to me," I said. Cole lifted his hands off the roof of the Volkswagen; cloudy fingerprints evaporated seconds ater he did. "We all listen to you, Sam." He jumped to the pavement. "You just don't always talk to us.

Maggie Stiefvater

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I touched my lips to hers again, and this time, it was a very different sort of kiss. It was six years’ worth of kissing, her lips coming to life under mine, tasting of orange and of desire. Her fingers ran through my sideburns and into my hair before linking around my neck, alive and cool on my warm skin. I was wild and tame and pulled into shreds and crushed into being all at once. For once in my human life, my mind didn’t wander to compose a song lyric or store the moment for later reflection. For once in my life, I was here and nowhere else. -Sam

Maggie Stiefvater

kissing reflection song

This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who... by Maggie Stiefvater

This is the story of a boy who used to be a wolf, and a girl who became one

Maggie Stiefvater

girl stories boys

Get some money, buy a red coffeepot, move out. Find a new place t... by Maggie Stiefvater

Get some money, buy a red coffeepot, move out. Find a new place to plug it in.

Maggie Stiefvater

plugs red moving

I had risked everything, and I had nothing to show for it but my open hand, lying empty and palm up toward the ceiling.

Maggie Stiefvater

ceilings lying hands

Sam looked at me, yellow eyes catching and holding me. "I miss be... by Maggie Stiefvater

Sam looked at me, yellow eyes catching and holding me. "I miss being me. I miss you. All the time.

Maggie Stiefvater

eye missing yellow

i never pegged you for a fan of the obvious, sam", "i'm not, otherwise, i would've said, 'hey, shouldn't you be in school ?'", "touche

Maggie Stiefvater

hey fans school

Rilke says: Verweilung, auch am Verstrautesten nicht, ist uns gegeben - We are not allowed to linger, even with what is most intimate.

Maggie Stiefvater

intimate

Creative" "Dangerously emo. by Maggie Stiefvater

Creative" "Dangerously emo.

Maggie Stiefvater

emo creative

I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life. by Maggie Stiefvater

I was born with these eyes. I was born for this life.

Maggie Stiefvater

this-life born eye

Grace (talking about Sam): At the sight of him, my stomach slid down to my feet, a weird combination of relief, nerves, and anticipation all in one, a feeling that never seemed to go away.

Maggie Stiefvater

sight feet talking

Isabel had gone silent in a way that shouted the silence to me. by Maggie Stiefvater

Isabel had gone silent in a way that shouted the silence to me.

Maggie Stiefvater

silence gone way

Gift of time in me enclosed the future suddenly exposed by Maggie Stiefvater

Gift of time in me enclosed the future suddenly exposed

Maggie Stiefvater

gift-of-time exposed

I never knew there were so many different ways to say good-bye. by Maggie Stiefvater

I never knew there were so many different ways to say good-bye.

Maggie Stiefvater

different bye way

Now I am the unknown, the unknowable. by Maggie Stiefvater

Now I am the unknown, the unknowable.

Maggie Stiefvater

His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that m... by Maggie Stiefvater

His was the disease we couldn’t cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most

Maggie Stiefvater

good-bye disease bye

Strange what love taught you about your faults. by Maggie Stiefvater

Strange what love taught you about your faults.

Maggie Stiefvater

taught faults strange

It was a life I didn’t want to leave behind.It was a life I didn’... by Maggie Stiefvater

It was a life I didn’t want to leave behind.It was a life I didn’t want to forget.

Maggie Stiefvater

behinds want forget

here we were again , always saying good-bye by Maggie Stiefvater

here we were again , always saying good-bye

Maggie Stiefvater

good-bye saying-good-bye bye

Sailing to an island unknown Failing to find your way home you wa... by Maggie Stiefvater

Sailing to an island unknown Failing to find your way home you walk under a sea leagues beneath us

Maggie Stiefvater

sea islands home

All these perfect days, made of glass Put on the shelf where they can cast perfect shadows that stretch and grow on the imperfect days down below. ... perfect shadows that shift and glow... ... perfect shadows that shift and grow..." "Sam singing on page 256 of Linger.

Maggie Stiefvater

singing perfect-days glasses