“The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a ...” — Maggie Stiefvater Quote

“The big thing in my family growing up is that everybody had to play a musical instrument. We were like the von Trapps.”

“Grace stopped in the door, dimly silhouetted by the dull gray morning light, and looked back at me, at my eyes, my mouth, my hands, in a way that made something inside me knot and unknot unbearably.”

“Don't panic. Are you sitting? You probably don't need to sit. Well, possibly. At least lean on something.”

“Ideas come from all over, but as I write more and more, I find I'm always hunting for mood: I want to write a novel with a pervasive mood that sticks with you after you close the cover.”

“Ronan hadn't known anything about who Adam was then and, if possible, he'd known even less about who he himself was, but as they drove away from the boy with the bicycle, this was how it had begun: Ronan leaning back against his seat and closing his eyes and sending up a simple, inexplicable, desperate prayer to God: Please.”

“I don't particularly like going on about being gay or making a big thing about it, but I think it's a bit of a pain to be secretive about it.”

“Love is a big thing - it's part of who you become, how you grow up. I had a wonderful husband, and I'm very lucky I have a second wonderful husband. You know, some people don't even score the first time.”

“My history is to find the next big thing early.”

“People make a big thing about rankings, but being first or second in the world doesn't mean much if you don't actually win anything.”

“I think less so now in the industry, but that was a big thing, actors going method, throwing chairs. And I'm like 'who's that for, though?'”

“My graduating class was like 55, so super small. Sports is a big thing - but it's kind of high school, maybe college. And then that's really it. But it was a dream of mine that I just kept pursuing.”