Bat Girl

“Ronan was a cloud, and he was raining.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk

“You want me to trust you? Save her. Really save her. It’s going to mean telling her what you are. It will cost you emotionally."
"Did it cost you to save me?"
There was a long silence. The mist shimmered darkly in the trees. The rain sighed.
Bryde said finally, "You are the most expensive thing I have ever saved.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk

“If you've ever looked into a fire and been unable to look away, it's that. If you've ever looked at the mountains and found you're not breathing, it's that. If you've ever looked at the moon and felt tears in your eyes, it's that. It's the stuff between stars, the space between roots, the thing that makes electricity get up in the morning.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk

“There's such thing as an emotional cost,” Adam said. “Investing in someone else's survival isn't free, and some people's emotional banks are already overdrawn.”
― Maggie Stiefvater, Call Down the Hawk