The thing I was beginning to figure out about Sam and Grace, the thing about Sam not being able to function without her, was that that sort of love only worked when you were sure both people would always be around for each other. If one half of the equation left, or died, or was slightly less perfect in their love, it became the most tragic, pathetic story invented, laughable in its absurdity. Without Grace, Sam was a joke without a punch line.
Maggie StiefvaterAnd I told you before, I'll sell you any of the thoroughbreds.โ โI didn't make any of those thoroughbreds. I didn't make them what they are.โ โYou made all of them what they are.โ I don't look at him. โNone of them made me who I am.
Maggie StiefvaterSailing to an island unknown Failing to find your way home you walk under a sea leagues beneath us
Maggie StiefvaterIn Ronan's hand, the mask was as thin as a sheet of paper, still warm from Adam's gasped breaths. Orphan Girl buried her face in his side, her body shaking with sobs. Her tiny voice was muffled: "Tollerere me a hic, tollerere me a hic..." Take me away from here, take me away from here.
Maggie Stiefvater