I leaned across the table towards the crumb-thrower. "Do that again," I said, loud enough to be heard over the opera singer, Dolly, my mother, and the smell of the breadsticks, "and I will sell your firstborn child to the devil.
Maggie StiefvaterFinn never looks more excited - he just gets faster. Finns are generally slow-moving creatures.
Maggie StiefvaterHis heart hurt with the wanting of it, the hurt no less painful for being difficult to explain.
Maggie StiefvaterThere are too many people on horseback today trying to prove themselves, trying to prepare, trying to get faster. They haven't discovered yet that it's not the fastest who make it to race day. You only have to be the fastest of those who are left.
Maggie StiefvaterSometimes, your eyes see something your brain doesn't. You pick up a nmewspaper and yourhead gives you a phrase that you didn't consciously read yet. You walk into a room and you realize something's out of place before you've bothered to properly look. I felt that happening now." "Sam's thoughts on page 304 of Linger.
Maggie Stiefvater