Holly Black Quotes

That’s family for you. Can’t live with them; can’t murder them. Unless Barron rats me out to Yulikova. Then I really might.

The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.

The flavor of that blood stayed with him through the long years of his service (...) by then he could no longer remember whose blood it was, only that he had grown used to the taste.

The funny thing about good people—people like Daneca—is that they really honestly don’t get the impulse toward evil. They have an incredibly hard time reconciling with the idea that a person who makes...

The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate. They will find the bit and the bridle that fits your mouth and will...

This is absurd. This is awful. This isn’t how people show loyalty. This is epic, epic bullshit.

This is never going to be over, I shout. Someone will always be after me. There’s always consequences. Well, BRING IT. I am done with being afraid, and I am done with you.

Three is an odd configuration of sisters. There’s always one on the outside.

We don't need to be good. But let's try to be fair.

We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.

Who cares about a test? There will be a million more quizzed in your life.

You better get over here with my car, Grandad says. Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it.Sorry, I say contritely. Then the rest of what he said sinks in and I laugh.Wait, did you just thr...

You can't go around making plans that have you getting killed as a by-product. Eventually one of them is going to .

The light, by the light, by the light of the bloodred moon. I’ll be killing you soon.

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones.

And the single last thing in my head: that I like him better than I've ever liked anyone and that of all the things he's ever done to me, making me like him so much is by far the worst.

As I make my way back to the tournament and my sisters, I can’t stop thinking of Cardan’s shocked face, nor can I stop considering Locke’s smile. I am not altogether sure which is more thrilling and w...

Be bold, be bold, but not too bold, lest that your hearts blood should run cold.

Because I am about to be devoured by poodles, I quip. Remember me always, my love.

But now I wonder--what if everyone is pretty much the same and it's just a thousand small choices that add up to the person you are? No good or evil, no black and white, no inner demons or angels whis...