Holly Black Quotes - Page 5

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• No," said Luis, "You can't date the Lord of the Night Court." "Well, I'm not, he dumped me." "You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court." "Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.

  Holly Black

  Night, Yes You Can, Lord

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• This is the part in the movie where that guy says, "Zombies? What zombies?" just before they eat his brains. I don't want to be that guy.

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  Guy, Zombie, Brain

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• Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is all over the water. Janet: That's gross, Kaye. Kaye: And the moon is just watching. She's just watching him die. She must have driven him to it.

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  Moon, Blood, Water

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• If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?

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  People, Corny, Killing

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.120, Simon and Schuster

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• You carried my heart in your hands tonight," he said. "But I have felt as if you carried it long before that.

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  Heart, Hands, Long

  Holly Black (2012). “Valiant”, p.167, Simon and Schuster

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• I would remain nearer you for what time there is." "Gone in one faerie sigh," she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. "I can hold my breath.

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  Hair, Gone, Leather

  Holly Black (2012). “Valiant”, p.170, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Powerful, Eye, Black

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.32, Simon and Schuster

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• A stray dog, I might understand," she said. "But this? You are too softhearted." No, Mabry," Ravus said. "I am not." He looked in Val's direction. "I think she wants to die." Maybe you can help her after all," Mabry said. "You're good at helping people die.

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  Dog, Thinking, People

  Holly Black (2012). “Valiant”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• He's the kind of liar who totally forgets what he told you the last time, but he believes every single lie with such conviction that sometimes he can convince you of it.

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  Liars, Lying, Believe

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.34, Simon and Schuster

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• It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules. Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. "Guess what? I'm a worker.

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  Crazy, Gone, Hey

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.158, Simon and Schuster

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• We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder.

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  Liars, Thinking, Trying

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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• I drive him to school, then I break back into Barron's house. I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen. Then I go home and shave until my skin is as slick as any slickster's.

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  School, Home, House

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• Yesterday when we went over the plan again and again, I never thought about Grandad showing up. Because I'm an idiot, basically--an idiot with poor planning skills. Of course he's here. Where else would he be? Seriously, what else could go wrong?

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  Skills, Yesterday, Showing Up

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.192, Simon and Schuster

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• 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.

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  Yelling, Helping, Cry

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.22, Simon and Schuster

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• Carney is like a graveyard where everyone already owns their plots and has built houses on top of them.

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  House, Plot, Graveyard

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.36, Simon and Schuster

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• Once someone's hurt you, it's harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn't stop you from wanting them.

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  Love, Hurt, Thinking

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

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• Flattery will get you everywhere," Sam says, "Except, apparently, off a roof.

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  Flattery, Roof

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• I have no memory of climbing the stairs up to the roof. I don't even know how to get where I am, which is a problem since I'm going to have to get down, ideally in a way that doesn't involve dying.

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  Memories, Climbing, Dying

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

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• I can't trust the people I care about not to hurt me. And I'm not sure I can trust myself not to hurt them, either.

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  Hurt, People, Care

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.71, Simon and Schuster

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• My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.

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  Wish, Aspirin, Mint

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• So what are you really wearing?" The words left her mouth before she could consider them. She winced. He didn't seem to mind; in fact, he flashed her one of his brief smiles. "And if I said nothing at all?" "Then I would point out that sometimes, if you look at something out of the corner of your eye, you can see right through glamour," she returned. That brought surprised laughter. "What a relief to us both then that I am actually wearing exactly what you saw me in this afternoon. Although one might point out that in that outfit, your last concern should be my modesty.

  Holly Black

  Laughter, Eye, Mind

  Holly Black (2012). “Tithe”, p.141, Simon and Schuster

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• Greg stands up, wiping his mouth. "I saw your mother's trial in the paper, Sharpe. I know you're just like her." "If I was, I would make you beg to blow me," I sneer.

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  Mother, Blow, Trials

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• I’ve stripped my life down,” he told me. “I don’t need much. I have all the company I want to keep right in here.” He shot himself in the head with his fingers. “People don’t understand about the need to live simply. They make appointments all day. They even schedule their own deaths. The first time they’ll have freedom to really be themselves is when they no longer exist. But up here, there’s nothing but me and the sky. A million billion stars.

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  Stars, Sky, People

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• Magic gives you a lot of choices," Grandad says. "Most of them are bad.

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  Giving, Choices, Magic

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.73, Simon and Schuster

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• Oh- and grab the plastic bag over by my suitcase." I slug down the last of the coffee and get up. The bag contains panty hose. I put them on her desk. "They're for you." "You want me to look homeless, desperate, but also kind of fabulous?

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  Coffee, Panty Hose, Bags

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.4, Simon and Schuster

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