1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

There’s always something left to lose.

We have lived in our armor for so long, you and I. And now I am not sure if either of us knows how to removes it.

Farewell, Father,” she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. “You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.

Be bold, be bold, but not too bold. Be good, but not too good. Be pretty, but not too pretty. Be honest, but not too honest. Maybe no one got lucky. Maybe it was too hard.

Flattery will get you everywhere,” Sam says, “Except, apparently, off a roof.

Come be angry at a nearer distance.

There was a brittleness in her tone, and Baphen was uncomfortably reminded that some prophecies are fulfilled by the very actions meant to prevent them.

Fire can either burn down your house or warm it.

He looks like the good boy he’s never been.