“ He must have been handsome when he was alive and was handsome still, although made monstrous by his pallor and her awareness of what he was. His mouth looked soft, his cheekbones as sharp as blades, a… Holly Black
“ You’re terrible at this whole ‘tell me whatever I want to know’ thing. My hand goes to the crossbow, but I don’t pick it up.He sighs. Just ask me something. Ask about my tail. Don’t you want to see it… Holly Black
“ There you are, Cardan says as I take my place beside him. How has the night been going for you? Mine has been full of dull conversation about how my head is going to find itself on a spike. Holly Black
“ You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet. Holly Black
“ I'm going to take off your gag. And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you with this thing as hard as I can as many times as I can. Understood? Holly Black
“ ... on the lawn one late summer day, her pale hair tangled because she'd cry if anyone tried to brush it, spinning around and around until she got so dizzy she fell in a pile of bare feet and dandelio… Holly Black
“ Vivi is right; it cost me something to be the way I am. But I do not know what. And I don't know if I can get it back. I don't even know if I want it. Holly Black
“ Go ahead. Insult me. His eyebrows go up. I don't take commands from mortals, he says with his customary cruel smile. Holly Black
“ Yes, my great villan, my darling god. I will be as sober as a stone carving, just as soon as I can Holly Black
“ Tana would sit near the door to the basement with fingers in her ears, tears and snot running down her face as she cried and cried and cried. And little Pearl would toddle up, crying, too. They cried… Holly Black
“ She took a deep breath, Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing? His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, Yes, he said finally. Holly Black
“ Nicasia's wrong about me. I don't desire to do as well in the tournament as one of the fey. I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal. In my heart, I yearn to best them. Holly Black
“ Cardan grins at me as though we've been great friends all our lives. I forgot how charming he can be--and how dangerous that is. Holly Black
“ I'm not a monster, I'd told her, back when I said I would never hurt Oak. But maybe being a monster was my calling. Holly Black
“ The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed. Holly Black
“ What they don't realize is this: Yes, they frighten me, but I have always been scared, since the day I got here. I was raised by a man who murdered my parents, reared in a land of monsters. I live wit… Holly Black
“ They were in love with him because he was a prince and a faerie and magical and you were supposed to love princes and faeries and magic people. They loved him the way they’d loved Beast the first time… Holly Black
“ I wasn't kind, Jude. Not to many people. Not to you. I wasn't sure if I wanted you or if I wanted you gone from my sight so that I would stop feeling as I did, which made me even more unkind. But when… Holly Black
