1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

Girls like her, my grandfather once warned me, girls like her turn into women with eyes like bullet holes and mouths made of knives. They are always restless. They are always hungry. They are bad news. They will drink you down like a shot of whisky. Falling in love with them is like falling down a flight of stairs. What no one told me, with all those warnings, is that even after you’ve fallen, even after you know how painful it is, you’d still get in line to do it again.

It’s sweet. All this trouble for a kitty.

That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them.

You in trouble?” Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.

She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she’ll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes.

You better get over here with my car,” Grandad says. “Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it.” “Sorry,” I say contritely. Then the rest of what he said sinks in and I laugh. “Wait, did you just threaten me with calling the police? Because that I’d like to see.

Ruthless. That’s my girl.

Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.

Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.