1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

You're no killer. He has no idea what I am. pg. 39

I thought I was supposed to be good and follow the rules," I say. "But I am done with being weak. I am done with being good. I think I am goinng to be something else." pg. 43

I keep thinking of the lazy blink of Cardan's lashes over his coal-bright eyes. He looked gleeful, gloating, as though my fist tightening on his shirt was exactly what he would have wished. As though, if I struck him, it would be because he had made me do it.pg. 67-68

Cardan grabs my face, fingers splayed against my neck. His breath is against my cheek. His other hand grabs my hair, winding it into a rope. ---"Get down on your knees," Cardan says, looking insufferably pleased with himself. His fury has transmuted into gloating. "Beg. Make it petty. Flowery. Worthy of me." pg. 75

Nicasia's wrong about me. I don't desire to do as well in the tournament as one of the fey. I want to win. I do not yearn to be their equal. In my heart, I yearn to best them.

He steeples his long fingers. “Someday, I will ask your king for a favor.”“You want me to agree to something without even knowing what it is?” I blurt out.His stoic face gives little away. “Now we understand each other exactly.”I nod. What choice do I have? “Something of equal value,” I clarify. “And within our power.”“This has been a most interesting meeting,” Lord Roiben says with a small, inscrutable smile.As I stand to leave, Kaye winks an inkdrop eye at me. “Luck, mortal.

Vivi is right; it cost me something to be the way I am. But I do not know what. And I don't know if I can get it back. I don't even know if I want it.

I'm not a monster, I'd told her, back when I said I would never hurt Oak. But maybe being a monster was my calling.

El verdadero poder no se concede, y tampoco se puede arrebatar