Quotes from Holly Black

is the soul.

You broke the Madden brothers. I remember them, Joesph, and I remember what you did to them.

No quiero ser un monstruo, pero quizá sea demasiado tarde para poder ser otra cosa.

Oh, yeah?" Chris says. "Maybe you should tell your friends that you're an emotion worker instead of hiding it. Do you think they'll listen to you then?" ... "How could you do this to me?" - Daneca "It's not my fault you're a liar." - Chris

What if,' he says, mischief in his eyes, 'in the interest of saving time, we pretend that we've played twice more and I won once, so you owe me a dance. But you won the second time, so if you have anything else to ask me, you may.' They are teasing words, and I am suddenly in a teasing mood.

We're not going to be fine, Tana. We're never going to be fine ever again.

You're not like other girls," Aidan said, pressing her back against the cushions of the couch. "You're cool." Tana tried to be cool, tried to act as if it didn't bother her when he flirted with anything that moved—and, that one time, when he was really drunk, with a coatrack.

He no longer had a sense of up or down. One was always suspended, fighting against the current or giving in to it.

If he gets himself killed like this, she is never going to let him live it down.

I can feel the moment he gives in and gives up, pulling me to him despite the threat of the knife. He kisses me hard, with a kind of devouring desperation, fingers digging into my hair.

I'm afraid I may have set one of the guests on fire.

I didn't like any of this. "What about you?" He gives me a quick, odd look. "Locke hasnt gotten around to seducing me yet, if that's what you're asking. I suppose I should be insulted.

I have trained every day to be dangerous, and he is entirely in my power, yet I'm the one who is afraid.

If she was going to die, she might as well die sarcastic. She'd seen a lot of old movies, and that was definitely the way to go out.

Or you could try not talking to her," Call said. "When I don't talk to Tamara, she comes and hits me, so that would be a way that Kimiya might come to you first. Plus, once she hits you, it breaks the ice." "Or my shoulder," said Alex. "I mean, if it doesn't work, then, like they say, 'If you love someone, set them free. Don't lock them up underground in a cavern.

I always have a plan," she said, rising her eyebrows. "Sometimes, even, a scheme. You should be taking lessons from me.

Are you enjoying yourself?" I overhear Nicasia ask Locke once, as he joins them for a lecture. "Cardan won't forgive you for what you're doing with her.

Yes, fine,' he says, annoyed, trying to push my blade away. I hold it steady, so that the knife cuts in to his skin. He swears and puts a bleeding finger in his mouth. 'What was that for?' 'For fun.

a song of heartbreak. Of a girl who walked the earth by starlight. Whose aspect was mortal but with beauty divine. Her cruelty had pierced his heart.

You were mad at me for lying to you. Don't lie to us now.

Me do not live as you do. For us, love doesn't fade gradually. It snaps like a branch bent to far.

You don't believe that I could care about you, even after you betrayed me?' He watches me with his cat eyes. 'I'm still your father.' 'You're my father's murderer,' I blurt out. 'I can be both,' Madoc says, smiling, showing those teeth. I tried to rattle him, but I succeeded only in rattling myself.

There are rumours that Cardan never wanted the throne, that he will hand it over to Oak willingly at some vague future time. But when I think of High King Cardan with his black curls and cruel mouth, the way he behaves- silly and dangersome all at once- I don't believe he would relinquish power. He might, however, trick Oak into going on a quest he wouldn't return from. Build him up with stories of honour and valiant deeds.

It's the kind of thing you like. The wicked are slain, with swords no less. Vengeance is had. Boldness is rewarded. But what about all those girls, all those obedient girls who trusted and loved and wed and died? Weren't they bold, too?