There’s a tipping point with lies, a point where you’ve said something so many times that it feels truer than the truth.
The point of a fight is not to have a good fight, it’s to win.
She says that what you did was a cry for help. It was, I say. That's why I was yelling 'Heeeelp!' I don't really go in for subtlety.
If you hurt me, I wouldn't cry. I would hurt you back.
Even from the beginning, that was the problem. People liked pretty things. People even liked pretty things that wanted to kill and eat them.
Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.
You could still be lying, says the Roach. He turns to Cardan. Try her.Your pardon? Cardan says, drawing himself up, and the Roach seems to suddenly remember to whom he’s speaking in such an offhanded...
That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them.
Ruthless. That’s my girl.
For a moment, there is silence between us.He takes a step toward me. The other night—I cut him off. I did it for the same reason that you did. To get it out of my system.And is it? he asks. Out of you...
Feels almost like real agent work, doesn’t it? Barron says as we walk down the street, heads bowed against the wind. You know, if we caught your girlfriend committing a crime, I bet Yulikova would giv...
Father, I am what you made me. I’ve become your daughter after all.
She tastes like every dark thought I've ever had.
Occasionally, there are battles in the sky. One likes to imagine the angels are always triumphant. One does not like to think of the ancient and terrible scales balancing the infernal and divine as wo...
No, I cannot see myself serving Balekin.
Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
I heard you've been having some problems with your girlfriend. Headmistress Northcutt says. No, I say. Not at all. Audrey broke up with me after the winter holiday, exhausted by my moodiness. It's imp...
Show your power by appearing powerless.
Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.