Quotes from Maggie Stiefvater

All of them are men, not a girl amongst them unless you count Tommy Falk because his lips are so pretty.

Eventually, the Gray Man thought, if he resisted using it for long enough, he himself might forget his own name, and became someone else entirely.

It's easy to convince men to love you, Puck. All you have to do is be a mountain they have to climb or a poem they don't understand.

Dory is what Mum used to call a "strong-looking woman," which means that, from the back, she looked like a man, and, from the front, you preferred the back

I tired the back door -- unlocked. Truley the Man Upstairs was smiling down on me.

Maura whirled towards Blue. "Blue, if you ever see that man again, you just walk the other way." "No," Calla corrected. "Kick him in the nuts. Then run the other way.

Mom, you're the one who said to never stop in case I get raped or picked up by a democrat.

She had a short fuse this morning, because it was a day that ended with y, you see.

I really love nature. I grew up in the country. But one of the things about nature is that it is beautiful but it's also very dangerous.

Face flushed, I shook my head and stared at my white-knuckled grip on the bed. Of all my pet peeves, condescending adults were probably at the top of the list.

Watch for the devil. When there's a god, there's always a legion of devils.

It was possible that I'd thrown one too many Molotov cocktails over God's fence.

Saw him where?" "While I was sitting outside with one of my half aunts." This seemed to satisfy Ronan was well, because he asked, "What's the other half of her?" "God, Ronan," Adam said. "Enough.

I guess now would be a good time to tell you," He said. "I took Chainsaw out of my dreams.

My good mood felt like an endangered species.

Why did everything feel like saying good-bye?

here we were again , always saying good-bye

I do all of my good thinking at over 65 miles per hour. The speed limit is, luckily, the same speed as my brainstorming speed.

Boys,' she says, 'just aren't very good at being afraid.

It occurred to me then that I was the opposite of my father. Because I was very, very good at destroying things.

His was the disease we couldn't cure. His was the good-bye that meant the most

There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader.

Good morning. You have a moment?" It's clever the way she says it, not as a question. I would have to contradict her in order to have my moment back. I make a note to use the method in the future.

Happiness isn't something this island yields easily; the ground is too rocky and the sun too sparse for it to flourish.