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It was exactly what I wanted-beautiful distraction.
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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 42
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
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Distraction
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The entire room was so yellow that it looked like the sun had thrown up on the walls and wiped its mouth afterward on the dresser and curtains. ---Cole
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I like you better this way. For some reason, admitting this made her face go hot right away she was very glad that he still had his face pressed into his pillow and the other boys were still in Noah's room. Crushed and broken, Gansey said. Just the way women like 'em.
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That's a depressing and practical thought, Sam said. I'd rather it was something magical.
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My parents had always been so careful with me, until the day they decided I needed to die.
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How long? His smile was amazingly sweet. The longest. For ever? Sam's lips smiled, but above his grin, his yellow eyes turned sad, as if he knew it was a lie. Longer.
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Sam did smile then, and said softly, Hey Angel.
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If Adam was stupid about his pride, Gansey was stupid about Adam.
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It's all you think about, all you talk about, and all you want us to talk about. What in the world would we call something like that? Oh, yeah! An obsession!
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Sorry for hurting you, she said right in my ear, but it wasn't really an apology, because you don't bite someone's earlobe to tell them you're sorry.
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They're saying that you and Sean Kendrick were burning up the cliffs. Tommy spins me again and grins at me. And when I say you and Sean Kendrick, I mean you and Sean Kendrick. And by burning, I mean burning.
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I felt a tickle on my skin it took me a moment to realize that Cole was driving his die-cast Mustang up my arm. He was laughing to himself, hushed and infectious, as if there was still any reason to be quite.
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Are you alone? So that's what this call was about. For some reason, the question made my throat tighten. No, I said, Elvis is here. Would you like to talk to him?
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What do you eat? Baby bunnies. She narrowed her eyes, so I grinned and said, Adult bunnies, too. I'm an equal-opportunity bunny-eater.
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Adam had once told Gansey, Rags to riches isn't a story anyone wants to hear until after it's done.
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Sam? Rachel asked. Do you know you have the saddest sad face ever?
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It felt wrong to be so proud of something that I had absolutely nothing to do with, but I couldn't help myself.
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Okay, outside, the clerk said. Conversation outside. Bye! Have a nice night!
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...she made her home in between the pages of books.
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Where are Sam and Grace? Ringo left in his car a few hours ago. He must've taken Grace with him. I don't know where they went. You didn't ask? We're not married Cole said, and added, in a more humble tone, yet.
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I would like to say that I was inspired to write 'Shiver' by some overwhelming belief in true love, but here's my true confession: I wrote 'Shiver' because I like to make people cry.
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