1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying.

In the mortal world, when I thought you were my enemy, I still missed you.

They see themselves in you and are blinded.

I wanted to be in love like in the storybooks and songs and ballads. Love that hits you like a lightning bolt. And I’m sorry, because yeah, I get that you think I’m ridiculous. I get that you think I’m hilarious. I know, I get that you’re mocking me. I get how stupid I am, but at least I know.

I think of Cardan’s words in the brugh, before he destroyed the crown: neither loyalty nor love should be compelled.

Once someone’s hurt you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you from wanting them.

But kissing Locke never felt the way that kissing Cardan does, like taking a dare to run over knives, like an adrenaline strike of lightning, like the moment when you’ve swum too far out in the sea and there is no going back, only cold black water closing over your head.

He was saying that the end of the world wasn’t an accident; it was a joke.

I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you wanting them. Sometimes I actually think it makes the wanting worse.