Holly Black Quotes - Page 7

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• After that, she wasn't sure what the game was or if she'd imagined it. All she knew was that she had lost.

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  Games, Lost, Ifs

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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.

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  Night, Yes You Can, Lord

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

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• I wonder about death, I who may never know it. It looks much like ecstacy, the way they open their mouths as they drown, the way their fingers dig into your skin. Their eyes are wide and startled and they trash in your hands as though with an excess of passion.

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  Passion, Eye, Hands

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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 can walk into someone's house, kiss their wife, sit down at their table, and eat their dinner. I can lift a passport at an airport, and in twenty minutes it will seem like it's mine. I can be a blackbird staring in the window. I can be a cat creeping along a ledge. I can go anywhere I want and do the worst things I can imagine, with nothing to ever connect me to those crimes. Today I look like me, but tomorrow I could look like you. I could be you.

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  Cat, Kissing, Airports

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.197, Simon and Schuster

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

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  Tragedy, Might, Firsts

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• It's okay," he informs me. "Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker." If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.

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  Teaching, Mean, Play

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

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• I don't lie," I lied.

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  Lying, Lied, Don't Lie

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• A man may daydream of how he would spend a million dollars, but playing the same game with a billion dollars sours the fantasy. There are too many possibilities. The house he once wished for with all his heart is suddenly too small. The travel, too cheap. He wanted to visit an island. Now he contemplates buying one.

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  Heart, Men, Islands

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.207, Simon and Schuster

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• Once, she made a boy come out of his house and kiss her under the streetlight. It was her first kiss. She thinks it was probably his, too. She never told him and she never, ever will.

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  Kissing, Boys, Thinking

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• I remember everyone telling me I had to think positive when I was writing my first book. If I believed I could do it, then I could! If I pictured myself published, then it was going to happen! Which sounded great, except...could I do it? If I didn't think I could, was I doomed to fail? What if I was almost totally sure I would fail? I am here to tell you-what matters is sticking with it.

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  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• Holly: Seriously, you don't like unicorns? What kind person doesn't like unicorns? Justine: What kind of a person doesn't like zombies? What have zombies ever done to you? Holly: Zombies shamble. I disapprove of shambling. And they have bits that fall off. You never see a unicorn behaving that way. Justine: I shamble. Bits fall off me all the time: hair, skin cells. Are you saying you disapprove of me?

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  Fall, Hair, Cells

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• A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.

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  Book, Holy Grail, Firsts

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