Holly Black Quotes

She's looking around the forest, as though if she can prove it isn't magic, then nothing else is, either. Which is stupid. All forests are magic.

There’s something about her—Cassel, I have met many evil men and women in my life. I have made deals with them, drank with them. I have done things that I myself have difficulty reconciling—terrible t...

Memory is slippery. It bends to our understanding of the world, twists to accommodate our prejudices. It is unreliable. Witnesses seldom remember the same things. They identify the wrong people. They...

Ruthless. That’s my girl.

Mirroring behavior. When a mark takes a drink from his water glass, so should you. When he smiles, so should you. Keep it subtle, rather than creepy, and it’s a good technique.

Each of you will have a chance to play it, and whosoever plays most sweetly, you will have it. For art is more than virtue or vice.

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

You shouldn't let it bother you, Drew said earnestly. That's just babble. It doesn't mean anything. None of you are going to die and you're obviously not dead. For Pete's sake.

People said that video games were bad because they made you numb to death, made you register entrails splattering across a screen as a sign of success. In that moment, Val thought that the real proble...

What could I become if I stopped worrying about death, about pain, about anything? If I stopped trying to belong?

So I am to sit here and feed you information, Cardan says, leaning against a hickory tree. And you’re to go charm royalty? That seems entirely backward.I fix him with a look. I can be charming. I char...

I wonder about death, I who may never know it. It looks much like ecstacy, the way they open their mouths as they drown, the way their fingers dig into your skin. Their eyes are wide and startled and...

That was how she felt, right then. As if there was too much of her, as if her skin was tight with muchness. She felt ripe to bursting.

Remember that I’m still a monster. I can listen to you scream and cry and beg and I still won’t let you out.

It’s funny how you get under his skin.At first, I’m not sure I heard him right. I almost ask whom he’s talking about, because I can’t quite believe he’s admitting that high and mighty Cardan is affect...

It's too early for there to be any coffee. I stare dully at the empty pot in the common room, while Sam picks up a jar of instant grounds.Don't, I warn him.He scoops up a heaping spoonful and, heedles...

If you keep it, Daneca says, he'll have his claws in you.Everyone has their claws in me. Everyone.

Kaye: You know what the sun looks like?Janet: No, What?Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is all over the water.Janet: That's gross, Kaye.Kaye: And the moon is just watching. She...

I like for things to happen, for stories to unfold. And if I can’t find a good enough story, I make one.

Yesterday when we went over the plan again and again, I never thought about Grandad showing up. Because I'm an idiot, basically--an idiot with poor planning skills. Of course he's here. Where else wou...