1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

Life’s full of opportunities to make crappy decisions that feel good. And after the first one, the rest get a whole lot easier.

I am no murderer,” says Cardan, surprising me. I would not have thought that was something to be proud of.

Lie until even you believe it – that’s the real secret of lying.

But in all the stories, you have a single chance; and if you miss it, then it’s gone. The door isn’t there when you go back to look. There is no second invitation to the ball. This is my chance.

I hate you because your father loves you even though you’re a human brat born to his unfaithful wife, while mine never cared for me, though I am a prince of Faerie. I hate you because Locke used you and your sister to make Nicasia cry after he stole her from me. Besides which, after the tournament, Balekin never failed to throw you in my face as the mortal who could best me.

She’s my wife,” Cardan says, his voice carrying over the crowd. “The rightful High Queen of Elfhame. And most definitely not in exile.

That’s what mortal means,” I say with a sigh that I don’t have to fake. “We die. Think of us like shooting stars, brief but bright.

I thought you needed to be tougher. But I’ve been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn’t the kind of protecting that anybody wants.

They loved him because he was a prince and a faerie and magical and you were supposed to love princes and faeries and magical people.