1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think they can get what they don’t deserve and could never deserve. Marks are stupid and pathetic and sad. Marks think they’re going to go home one night and have the girl they’ve loved since they were a kid suddenly love them back. Marks forget that whenever something’s too good to be true, that’s because it’s a con.

Remember when . . . ? Stories like that were will-o'-the-wisps, glowing in the deepest, darkest parts of forests, leading travelers farther and farther from safety, out toward an ever-moving mark.

I assume you forgot that your sister’s wedding would require a new gown. Or a gown at all.”“At least one person is going to be naked,” I say

Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.

Pain makes you strong, Madoc once told me, making me lift a sword again and again. Get used to the weight.

You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring. The first lesson is to make yourself that strong.

Manie sans délire - insanity without delusion.

After all, who wants to die slowly when you can die fast? Me.

There's nothing quite as funny as someone else's misery - Cassel Sharpe