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The fact was, I didn't know if I was built for happy endings.
Maggie Stiefvater
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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
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It occurred to me that there was a story behind the scar -- maybe not as dramatic as the story of my wrists, but a story nonetheless -- and the fact that everyone had a story behind some mark on their inside or outside suddenly exhausted me, the gravity of all those untold pasts.
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The way Gansey saw it was this: if you had a special knack for finding things, it meant you owed the world to look.
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I didn't know, I start truthfully, that it was the hard way when I started on it.
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Sometimes Ronan thought Adam was so used to the right way being painful that he doubted any path that didn’t come with agony.
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Ronan's smile was sharp and hooked as one of the creature's claws. 'A sword is never a killer it is a tool in the killer's hand'. I can't believe Noah didn't stick around to help. Sure you can. Never trust the dead.
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He was uncomfortable with the idea that use might not like him.
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Is this thing safe? Safe as life, Gansey replied.
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The truth is, until you know any different, the island is enough. Actually, I know different. And it's still enough.
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