1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

Yes, my great villan, my darling god. I will be as sober as a stone carving, just as soon as I can

I wasn't kind, Jude. Not to many people. Not to you. I wasn't sure if I wanted you or if I wanted you gone from my sight so that I would stop feeling as I did, which made me even more unkind. But when you were gone—truly gone beneath the waves—I hated myself as I never have before.

Vivi blows a noisemaker. “Here,” she says, passing out paper crowns for us to wear.“This is ridiculous,” I complain, but put mine on.Cardan looks at his reflection in the door of the microwave and adjusts his crown so it’s at an angle.I roll my eyes, and he gives me a quick grin.

Go ahead. Insult me.”His eyebrows go up. “I don’t take commands from mortals,” he says with his customary cruel smile.“So you’re going to say something nice? I don’t think so. Faeries can’t lie.

You didn’t hear the story I told,” he goes on. “A shame. It featured a handsome boy with a heart of stone and a natural aptitude for villainy. Everything you could like.

I always supposed I would be delicious

I thought you could use a little nonsense,” she told him, which worried him a little.

The Grand General would mount your head on a wall,” Nicasia informed him, patting his cheek.“A very fine head,” he informed her with a wicked grin. “Suitable for mounting.

I think we should consider our roles as monarchs to be largely decorative. It would be better for the low Courts and the solitary Folk to work things out on their own