Holly Black Quote

You got a lot of ladies to get through. You’re still young. First love’s the sweetest, but it doesn’t last. Not ever? I ask. Grandad looks at me with a seriousness he reserves for moments when he wants me to really pay attention. When we fall that first time, we’re not really in love with the girl. We’re in love with being in love. We’ve got no idea what she’s really about—or what she’s capable of. We’re in love with our idea of her and of who we become around her. We’re idiots.

Holly Black

You got a lot of ladies to get through. You’re still young. First love’s the sweetest, but it doesn’t last. Not ever? I ask. Grandad looks at me with a seriousness he reserves for moments when he wants me to really pay attention. When we fall that first time, we’re not really in love with the girl. We’re in love with being in love. We’ve got no idea what she’s really about—or what she’s capable of. We’re in love with our idea of her and of who we become around her. We’re idiots.

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About Holly Black

Holly Black (née Riggenbach; born November 10, 1971) is an American writer and editor best known for her children's and young adult fiction. Her most recent work is the New York Times bestselling young adult Folk of the Air series. She is also well known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and her debut trilogy of young adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales. Black has won an Eisner Award, a Lodestar Award, a Nebula Award, and a Newbery Honor.