Holly Black Quotes - Page 2

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• She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.

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  Ocean, Air, Electric Power

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• whatever you love, that is your weakness

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  Weakness

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• I'm not very good at explaining things," she said. "But I think you have beautiful eyes. I love the gold in them. I love that they're different from my eyes- I see mine all the time and I'm bored with them.

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  Beautiful, Eye, Thinking

  Holly Black (2012). “Valiant”, p.128, Simon and Schuster

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• All friendships are negotiations of power.

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  Negotiation

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• Mutually assured destruction.

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  Destruction, Mutually Assured Destruction, Assured

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

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• We have about three hours of homework a night, and our evening study period is only two hours, so if you want to spend the break at half-past-nine not freaking out, you have to cram. I'm not sure that the picture of the wide-eyed zombie girl biting out the brains of senior douchebag James Page is part of Sam's homework, bit if it is, his physics teacher is awesome.

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  Girl, Senior, Teacher

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.14, Hachette UK

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• Startled, he loosed his grasp and she pulled free. He clutched her arm, but she spun around and pressed her mouth to his. His lips were rough, chapped. She felt the sting of fangs against her bottom lip. He made a sharp sound in the back of his throat and closed his eyes. Mouth opening under hers. The smell of him- of cold, damp stone- made her head swim. One kiss slid into another and it was perfect, was exactly right, was real.

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  Real, Eye, Kissing

  Holly Black (2006). “Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie”, p.230, Simon and Schuster

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• She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own.

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  Way, Monsters, Wanted

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.153, Hachette UK

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• So I'm scared, because you're not just not human, you're not like anyone....there's nobody like you in all the world and it's you I want. I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.

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  Hate, Admitting, World

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.217, Hachette UK

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• Like a stage magician, the con artist misdirects suspicion. While everyone’s watching for him to pull a rabbit out of a hat, he’s actually sawing a girl in half. You think he’s doing one trick when he’s actually doing another. You think that I’m dying, but I’m laughing at you.

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  Girl, Artist, Thinking

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.144, Hachette UK

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• I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria. But actually trusting someone when they have nothing to gain from me just doesn't make sense. All friendships are negotiations of power.

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  Party, Mean, People

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.

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  Choices, Sometimes, Good Choices

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.82, Hachette UK

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• Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying

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  Real, Lying, Believe

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.” “I never lie,” I lie.

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  Lying, Sometimes, Never Lie

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Some promises aren’t worth keeping.

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  Promise

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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• Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army," says the minister. "Now he marches with the angels.

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  Angel, Army, Soldier

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway.

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  Heart, Boys, Firsts

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• There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go on a quest. I’ve always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I’m not backing down from it. I’m not going home until it’s complete.

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  Home, People, Goes On

  Holly Black (2013). “Doll Bones”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• Life's full of opportunities to make crappy decisions that feel good. And after the first one, the rest get a whole lot easier.

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  Opportunity, Feel Good, Decision

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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• Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.

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  Too Good To Be True, Forget, Mark

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• People said that video games were bad because they made you numb to death, made you register entrails splattering across a screen as a sign of success. In that moment, Val thought that the real problem with games was that the player was suppossed to try everything. If there was a cave, you went in it. If there was a mysterious stranger, you talked to him. If there was a map, you followed it. But in games, you had a hundred million billion lives and Val only had this one.

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  Real, Player, Games

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• And stupid. Brave and Stupid." Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. "But nothing can stop you from being terrible once you've learned how.

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  Inspirational, Teacher, Stupid

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• There are no words for how much I will miss her, but I try to kiss her so that she'll know. I try to kiss her to tell her the whole story of my love, the way I dreamed of her when she was dead, the way that every other girl seemed like a mirror that showed me her face. The way my skin ached for her. The way that kissing her made me feel like I was drowning and like I was being saved all at the same time. I hope she can taste all that, bittersweet, on my tongue.

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  Girl, Kissing, Mirrors

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• What an author doesn't know could fill a book.

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  Book, Knows

  Tony DiTerlizzi, Holly Black (2009). “The Completely Fantastical Edition: The Field Guide; The Seeing Stone; Lucinda's Secret; The Ironwood Tree; The Wrath of Mulgarath”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

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• 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 make you yield.

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  Powerful, Hate, Yield

  Holly Black (2008). “Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

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