I watched the edges of the leaves slowly unfold, fluttering in the breeze. "How long did you wait?" It would've been unbearably romantic if he'd had he courage to look into my face and say it, but instead, he dropped his eyes to the ground and scuffed his boot in the leaves- countless possibilities for happy days- on the ground. "I haven't stopped.
Maggie StiefvaterThe dog pranced delightedly around his feet as if he'd been gone to another planet instead of merely underneath a car.
Maggie StiefvaterShe draws patterns on my face / These lines make shapes that canโt replace / the version of me that I hold inside / when lying with you, lying with you, lying with you.
Maggie StiefvaterMercy Falls was all about rumors, and the rumor on Jack was that he got his short fuse from his dad. I didn't know about that. It seemed like you ought to pick the sort of person you would be, no matter what your parents were like.
Maggie StiefvaterWhen you traffic in monsters, that's the risk you run, that you'll find one too monstrous to stomach.
Maggie Stiefvater