When we kissed, it didn't matter that I had been a wolf hours ago, or that I would be a wolf again. It didn't matter that a thousand snares were laid for us as soon as we left this moment. All that mattered was this: our noses touching, the softness of his mouth, the ache inside me.
Maggie StiefvaterI wasnโt sure if I was charmed by his reluctance to share a bed with a girl or insulted that, apparently, I wasnโt hot enough for him to charge the mattress like a bull.
Maggie StiefvaterThen I picked my book back up again and stroked her hair and read to the soundtrack of her breaths.
Maggie Stiefvater