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Quotes About Risk

I guess I knew it wasn't a game, but I ran anyway and I boosted myself up on the water spigot and poured through the window with the boneless grace of little kids.
~ Holly Black
Perhaps you shouldn't trust me with your heart. I might break it.
~ Holly Black
if you live your life always afraid, always with danger on your heels, it is not so difficult to pretend away more danger. I know that, but I didn't think, of all people, Cardan would, too.
~ Holly Black
Midnight rolled her eyes, as though Aidan was being ridiculous. "I bet you were a good girl back home," she said to Tana. "A good girl all your life until you finally met the trouble you want to get in." "You obviously don't know her at all," Aidan told Midnight gruffly. Then he turned back to Tana. "Did he bite you?
~ Holly Black
She shook her head. The more she thought about it, the more stupid she felt. She was probably infected, but that didn't mean she should have tempted him into making it a sure thing. And, hungry as he was, crazy as he might be, he could have drained her dead, pinned her against the brick wall, and ripped out her throat. She'd been playing with fire, just as he'd accused Midnight of doing. Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.
~ Holly Black
Mátalo antes de que te haga amarlo.
~ Holly Black
Fire can either burn down your house or warm it.
~ Holly Black
When you're in danger , everything becomes clear,doesn't it? Everything else falls away. Danger is a terrible addiction, but that's what I like - the clarity of thought that it provides. How about you?
~ Holly Black
Be bold, be bold, but not too bold, lest that your heart's blood should run cold.
~ Holly Black
If he gets himself killed like this, she is never going to let him live it down.
~ Holly Black
Do you seek out peril? One would think that years of being a mortal would have made you more aware of mortality.
~ Holly Black
Oh, tell me the rest. I like tricks and snares. Even ones I was nearly caught in.
~ Holly Black
You know, until this trip, I thought I liked the cold. One can dress extravagantly when there's no risk of sweating- brocades, gold trims, hats. But I am reevaluating.' ... I roll my eyes. 'You have an understated elegance, so no need to worry about weather.
~ Holly Black
She made her voice as firm as possible. "Don't let them catch you." He hesitated, clearly surprised by her words. Then he smiled again, inclining his head in a shallow bow, acknowledging everything she'd left unsaid. "Traveling with you was a delight worth any delay, but I can delay no longer.
~ Holly Black
I was a fool", I say, because i might as well admit it. " I gave up the bird in my hand for two in the bush
~ Holly Black
I am no closer to finding a way to get out of here and no clearer on my father's plan. The only thing I am closer to is getting caught.
~ Holly Black
He might not want to hurt me, but that doesn't mean he won't.
~ Holly Black
You choose a path without being certain where it leads.
~ Holly Black
Come with me beneath the waves,' she calls to him. 'Drown with me in delight.' He laughs a little shakily. 'A compelling offer, but I must see my quest to its conclusion.
~ Holly Black
Only idiots aren't scared of things that are scary
~ Holly Black
Because they could kill you!" "They better," I say to her. "Because anything less than that isn't going to work.
~ Holly Black
Só idiotas não têm medo de coisas assustadoras.
~ Holly Black
He grabs hold of my wrist. I am shocked by the sensation of his skin warm against mine. 'Take care,' he says, and then smiles. 'It would be very dull to have to sit here for an entire day just because you went and got yourself killed.' 'My last thought would be of your boredom.
~ Holly Black
Relying only on yourself is a good way to get got. Next time, take a member of the royal guard. Take one of us. Take a cloud of sprites or a drunken spriggan. Just take someone.' 'Watching my back is the perfect opportunity to stick a knife in it,' I remind him.
~ Holly Black