Quotes from Holly Black

Every night, in every Coldtown, people die. People are fragile. They die of mistakes, of overdoses, of sickness. But mostly they die of Death.

You're a liar, Cassel Sharpe. A lying liar who lies.

A well-seasoned strategist waits for the right opportunity.

Love was a family religion, passed down to her when she'd been too young to protect herself from belief.

Kaye took another drag on her cigarette and dropped it into her mother's beer bottle. She figured that would be a good test for how drunk Ellen was--see if she would swallow a butt whole

You okay?" Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.

What is it? For what do you scheme? Ethine's death would weigh on you and the stain of her blood would seep into your skin" "Do you know what they wish for when they give you the Unseelie crown?" Roiben's tone was soft, like he was telling a secret. Kaye could barely catch his words. "That you be made of ice. What makes you think it matters what I feel? What makes you think I feel anything at all?

I wish I could say I was sorry, that I wanted to be honest the whole time, but I didn't. I never wanted to be honest. I just wanted what I told you to be the truth.

Mom" I say "Oh honey" she says "The doctor wants to see you to make sure you don't have the same thing that killed your brother. " She turns to Ms.Logan who looks scandalized by the whole encounter. "These things can run in famalies" she confides. "Your afraid I'm going to come down with a bad case of getting two in the chest?" I say "cause you might be right about that running in families.

Our tragedy is that we forget it might be someone else first.

Call wasn't sure what it meant that he'd gone full Evil Overlord on Jasper but still couldn't manage to impress him.

And that is why you ought not dramatically vow to obey someone. They seldom ask for what you hope they will.

What do you think he did to me to deserve to die?" I ask. He stokes the fire. Sparks fly up. "I assumed he broke your heart. An eye for an eye, a heart for a heart.

I'm a powerful being... a wizard," Corny said. "So don't try anything." "Yes," said the little faery, blinking black eyes rapidly. "No. Try nothing.

Instead, I try to imagine someone she might fall in love with. Maybe it will be a merrow, and he will give her the gift of breathing underwater and a crown of pearls and take her to his bed under the sea. Actually, that sounds amazing. Maybe I am making all the wrong choices.

Plunge a heated sword into oil, and any small flaw will turn into a crack. But quenched in blood as you were, none of you broke. You were only hardened.

The more you love her, the crazier you get. My love was great. My crimes were greater.

He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.

His voice had a faint trace of an accent she couldn't place - one that made her pretty sure he was no local kid infected the night before.

I have asked you to lie to me in the past, in this very room, but I would beg you not to lie now.

Cruddy Mouthbreather

Of course, that was probably a problem with being an Evil Overlord. You didn't regret the right things.

I want to tell you so many lies," he says.

I love you," Severin said, looking up, looking at nothing at all. "I love you like in the storybooks. I love you like in the ballads. I love you like a lightning bolt. I've loved you since the third month you came and spoke with me. I loved that you made me want to laugh. I loved the way you were kind and the way you would pause when you spoke, as though you were waiting for me to answer you. I love you and I am mocking no one when I kiss you, no one at all.