How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
It is the first day of November and so, today, someone will die. (Prologue.1)
The very first line of the novel does a cracking job of setting a grim tone. This book is definitely going to be more Gears of War than My Little Pony.
Quote #2
Last year a water horse trailing flowers and bells tore a man's arm half from his body. (Prologue.10)
It takes a whole ten paragraphs for Maggie Stiefvater to prove that she wasn't kidding with that first line. She's basically saying, "Boom. Dismemberment. This ain't your grandmother's Black Beauty."