Holly Black Quotes

I know I shouldn’t love it as I do, stolen as I am from the mortal world, my parents murdered. But I love it all the same.

Vampires were fairy tales and magic. They were the wolf in the forest that ran ahead to grandmother’s house, the video game big boss who could be hunted without guilt, the monster that tempted you int...

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

It hurts to think of her, but I can't stop. It ought to hurt.After all, hell is supposed to be hot.

There was a young lady of NigerWho smiled as she rode on a tiger;They returned from a rideWith the Lady insideAnd the smile on the face of the tiger.

Every day that I don’t beg Cardan for forgiveness over a feud he started is a day I win. He can humiliate me, but every time he does and I don’t back down, he makes himself less powerful. After all, h...

The inside is packed with people. Lots of them crowding the bar, passing drinks back for people to carry to tables. A bunch of guys are pouring shots of vodka.To Zacharov! one toasts.To open hearts an...

The disturbing thing about Cardan is how well he plays the fool to disguise his own cleverness.

In Faerie, there are no fish sticks, no ketchup, no television.

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

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.

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.

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...

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...

That's the problem with temptation. It's so damn tempting.

One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the nois...

Cardan’s eyebrows rise, but he has all the appearance of blissful unconcern. My lady, you flatter me. I had no idea you were interested.Her gaze is unflinching as she passes her gift to one of Cardan’...

Your family is badass, Sam says. They set a high bar of badassery.

What an author doesn't know could fill a book.

There’s nothing like a gunshot to make you the life of the party.