Holly Black Quotes

No matter how careful I am, eventually I’ll make another misstep. I am weak. I am fragile. I am mortal.

No, I cannot see myself serving Balekin.

Okay. how about that time when you smoked all that weed that you thought was laced with something? You fell into the tub, but you refused to get out because you were convinced that the back of your he...

Once someone's hurt you, it's harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn't stop you from wanting them.

Once, there was a girl who found a sword in the woods. Once, there was a girl who made a bargain with the Folk. Once, there was a girl who’d been a knight in the service of a monster. Once, there was...

One night you will ask me for something I cannot give.

One of his hands slides over my stomach, tracing the shape of my skin. He kisses me again, and it's like falling off a cliff. Like a mountain slide, building momentum with every touch, until there is...

Only idiots aren’t scared of things that are scary.

Pet the cat dude, says Sam. She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is. You are a tiny tiny killing machine. Daneca coos. What's she doing? I ask. Purring! says Daneca....

Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to.

Put your puppet on the throne. said Talathain. You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.

Refills are free, the waitress tells us with a frown, like she’s hoping we’re not the kind of people who ask for endless refills. I am already pretty sure we are exactly those people.

She should tell him no, but instead she seemed to be running toward trouble, leaving no stone unturned, no boy unkissed, no crush abandoned, and no bad idea unembraced.

She turned to me, head titled, her expression pure confusion. As though I had no reason to be afraid of a broken heart. She had no idea how dangerous a broken heart could be. You do, though. You know.

She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she’ll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes.

So it’s not as bad as it looks? Call ventured. Oh, no, she told him. It’s just as bad as it looks. But I’m very, very good at my job.

So, what did you think of the Unseelie Court?A slow, wicked smile spread on his face. Oh, Kaye, he breathed. It was marvelous. It was perfect.She narrowed her gaze. I was joking. They were killing thi...

Someone’s really sold you a bill of goods. Plenty of mortals are better at plenty of stuff than the Folk. Why do you think we steal them away?

Sometimes I go down and stare at it, trying to see my parents in the tide lines of dried blood. I want to feel something, something besides a vague queasiness. I want to feel more, but every time I lo...

Storms are less fickle than they are, seas less capricious.