"After you were bitten, i knew what would happen. I waited for you to change, every night, so i could bring you back and keep you from getting hurt." "How long did you wait?" "I haven't stopped."
Maggie StiefvaterI wasnโt sure which of us was being more selfishโher, for wanting something that no one could promise, or me, for not promising her something that was too painfully impossible to want.
Maggie StiefvaterSleep deprivation made his life an imaginary thing, his days a ribbon floating aimlessly in water." - Whelk
Maggie StiefvaterRonan merely invested a look with as much contempt as he could muster. A lady reached over the top of Noah to pat Matthew's head fondly before continuing down the aisle. She didn't seem to care that he was fifteen, which was all right, because he didn't, either. Both Ronan and Declan observed this interaction with the pleased expressions of parents watching their prodigy at work.
Maggie Stiefvater