1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

Whoever controls the king, controls the kingdom.

I kissed him on the mouth, and then I threatened to kiss him some more if he didn’t do exactly what I wanted.

None of that seemed real, but the world would certainly be cooler with something so unreal in it.

It seems hopeless to fight something so vast. It seems ridiculous to believe we can win.

I still feel the warm pressure of his fingers against my skin. Something is really wrong with me, to want what I hate, to want someone who despises me, even if he wants me, too. My only comfort is that he doesn’t know what I feel.

It’s the flaw that brings out the beauty.

The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed. Once, I was content to hope for knighthood and the power to force Cardan and his friends to leave me alone. All I wanted was to find some place to fit in here in Faerie. Now I wonder what it would be like to choose the next king.

You’ve delivered your message. I have no bit of doggerel to send back – my own fault for having a seneschal who cannot double as my Court Poet – but I will be sure to crumple up some paper and drop it into the water when I do.

He knew about cures and poultices and the medicinal value of kisses.