1,704 Quotes by Maggie Stiefvater

It was funny, the Gray Man thought, how humorous she always appeared, how that smile was always just a moment away from her lips. You really didn’t see the sadness or the longing unless you already knew it was there. But that was the trick, wasn’t it? Everyone had their disappointment and their baggage; only, some people carried it in their inside pockets and not on their backs. And here was the other trick: Maura was not faking her happiness. She was both very happy and very sad.

Rilke says: Verweilung, auch am Verstrautesten nicht, ist uns gegeben – We are not allowed to linger, even with what is most intimate.

Sailing to an island unknown Failing to find your way home you walk under a sea leagues beneath us.

Cole made a hissing sound. “Are you inside yet? God bless America and all her sons. What is taking you so long?” The front door was locked. “Here, talk to Grace” “Mommy isn’t going to give a different answer than Daddy,” Cole said, but I handed her the phone anyway.

It’s a strange thing, to be talked about instead of talked to.

She wore a dress Ronan thought looked like a lampshade. Whatever sort of lamp it belonged on, Gansey clearly wished he had one. Ronan wasn’t a fan of lamps.

I’m pleased to see that the cab is cluttered with cough drop wrappers and empty milk bottles and bits of mud-smeared newspapers made brittle by age. Neatness makes me feel like I have to be on my best behavior. Clutter is my natural habitat.

Gift of time in me enclosed the future suddenly exposed.

I can’t change the way I’m made. I’m a performer, a singer, a werewolf, a sinner.