Shiver Quotes

• It is possible to be in love with you just because of who you are.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Love, Who You Are, Grace Brisbane

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.113, Scholastic Inc.

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• I fell for her in summer, my lovely summer girl, From summer she is made, my lovely summer girl, I’d love to spend a winter with my lovely summer girl, But I’m never warm enough for my lovely summer girl, It’s summer when she smiles, I’m laughing like a child, It’s the summer of our lives; we’ll contain it for a while She holds the heat, the breeze of summer in the circle of her hand I’d be happy with this summer if it’s all we ever had.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Summer, Girl, Children

  Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.175, Scholastic Inc.

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• It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.

  Eleanor Farjeon

  Nature, Cat, Animal

  Eleanor Farjeon (1963). “Faithful Jenny Dove: And Other Illusions”

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• his yellow eyes gazed at me possessively -- I wondered if he realized that the way he looked at me was far more intimate than copping a feel could ever be.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Eye, Yellow, Way

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.209, Scholastic Inc.

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• I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.

  P. D. James

  War, Believe, Political

  FaceBook post by P.D. James from Oct 30, 2011

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• I'd be happy with this summer if it's all we ever had.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Summer, Ifs, Grace Brisbane

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.203, Scholastic UK

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• The universe shivers with wonder in the depths of the human.

  Brian Swimme

  Depth, Wonder, Humans

  "The Universe Is A Green Dragon". Book by Brian Swimme, www.context.org. 1984.

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• I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Kissing, Giving, Want

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• The world needs more love at first sight.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Sight, Needs, World

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.210, Scholastic Inc.

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• Hope hurt more than the cold.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Hurt, Cold

  Maggie Stiefvater (2014). “Shiver Series (Shiver, Linger, Forever, Sinner)”, p.135, Scholastic Inc.

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• I stood on my toes and stole a soft kiss from his lips. "Surprise attack," I said. Sam leaned down and kissed me back, his mouth lingering on mine, teeth grazing my lower lip, making me shiver. "Surprise attack back." "Sneaky," I said, my voice breathier than I intended.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Kissing, Voice, Teeth

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.209, Scholastic Inc.

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• I'll see you later, he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes over me like air, and makes me shiver like a kiss.

  David Levithan

  Love, Running, Kissing

  David Levithan (2009). “Boy Meets Boy”, p.79, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• You're beautiful and sad," I said finally, not looking at him when I did. "Just like your eyes. You're like a song that I heard when I was a little kid but forgot I knew until I heard it again." For a long moment there was only the whirring sound of the tires on the road, and then Sam said softly, "Thank you.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Beautiful, Song, Eye

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.154, Scholastic Inc.

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• No other life forms know they are alive, and neither do they know they will die. This is our curse alone. Without this hex upon our heads, we would never have withdrawn as far as we have from the natural—so far and for such a time that it is a relief to say what we have been trying with our all not to say: We have long since been denizens of the natural world. Everywhere around us are natural habitats, but within us is the shiver of startling and dreadful things. Simply put: We are not from here. If we vanished tomorrow, no organism on this planet would miss us. Nothing in nature needs us.

  Thomas Ligotti

  Long, Missing, Trying

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• Where does discontent start? You are warm enough, but you shiver. You are fed, yet hunger gnaws you. You have been loved, but your yearning wanders in new fields. And to prod all these there's time, the Bastard Time.

  John Steinbeck

  Doe, Fields, Hunger

  John Steinbeck (2008). “Sweet Thursday”, p.59, Penguin

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• I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and confuse it for the whole, to see the cause and think it's the effect or vice versa

  Lauren Oliver

  Philosophy, Thinking, People

  Lauren Oliver (2010). “Before I Fall”, p.242, Hachette UK

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• How do you get 'feng shui' out of 'thoughtful'?

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Thoughtful, Feng Shui

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.154, Scholastic Inc.

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• Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder; but cheerful folks manage to draw their knees up and pass a very comfortable night.

  Howard Marion-Crawford

  Life, Night, Cheerful

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• Power is sexy, not simply in its own right, but because it inspires self-confidence in its owner and a shiver of subservience on the part of those who approach it.

  Barbara Amiel

  Sexy, Self Confidence, Inspire

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• Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Wind, Littles, Aspens

  'The Lady of Shalott' (1832, revised 1842) pt. 1

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• As the hours crept by, the afternoon sunlight bleached all the books on the shelves to pale, gilded versions of themselves and warmed the paper and ink inside the covers so that the smell of unread words hung in the air.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Book, Air, Smell

  Maggie Stiefvater (2009). “Shiver”, p.11, Scholastic Inc.

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• Sam:"Okay, what words would you use then?" I leaned back in the seat, thinking, as Sam looked at me doubtfully. He was right to look doubtful. My head didn't work with words very well- at least not in this abstract, descriptive sort of way. Grace:"Sensitive" I tried. Sam translated: "Squishy" Grace:"Creative" Sam:"Dangerously emo" Grace:"Thoughtful" Sam:"Feng shui." I laughed so hard I snorted. Grace:"How did you get feng shui out of thoughtful?" Sam:"You know, because in feng shui, you arrange funiture and plants and stuff in thoughtful ways.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Emo, Thoughtful, Thinking

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• A fine shiver coursed over my skin. "Seth?" "Yeah?" "You were in my dream." One amber-colored eye opened. "Please tell me we were naked." I rolled my eyes. "You're such a perv." He sighed mournfully as he wiggled closer. "I'll take that as a no." "You'd be correct." Unable to fall back to sleep, I started chewing on my lip. So many worries surfaced at once that my brain spun.

  J. Lynn

  Dream, Fall, Sleep

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• I've been up, down, trying to get the feeling again. All around, trying to get the feeling again. The one that makes me shiver, made my knees start to quiver.

  Barry Manilow

  Feelings, Trying, Knees

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• Books are more real when you read them outside.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Real, Book, Book Lover

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver”, p.175, Scholastic UK

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