1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

I've loved vampires for a very long time. In eighth grade, I guess, my research paper was on vampires.

I don't lie," I lied.

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

Isn't every hero aware of all the terrible reason they did those good deeds?" Aware of every mistake they ever made and how good people got hurt because of their decisions? Don't they recall the moments they weren't heroic at all? The moments where their heroism led to more deaths than deliberate villainy ever could?

It’s hard to come up with a scheme to thwart some other scheme you don’t even know about.

The problem with faerie gifts is that they always come with a price, which is why they are made by the desperate and the foolish.

Death’s favorites don’t die.

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat.

Vampires aren't made - they're just born that way, and no one knows why. They're sort of a race unto themselves.