1,011 Quotes by Holly Black

I think you impressed him with the sheer force of your stupidity.

If you were going to get someone’s soul, Call thought, it would be nice if you also got their superior penmanship.

Above me is the same silvery moon that shines down on you. Looking at it makes me recall the glint of your blade pressed against my throat and other romantic moments.

Marry me,” he says. “Become the Queen of Elfhame.

The whole place looks straight out of a fairy tale, the kind where love is a simple thing. never the cause of pain.

Well fine, then. I could send you out to win my favor. Possibly on a quest involving bringing a large mug of coffee and a doughnut. Or the wholesale slaughter of all my enemies. I haven’t decided which.

I can’t trust the people I care about not to hurt me. And I’m not sure I can trust myself not to hurt them, either.

I have asked you to lie to me in the past, in this very room, but I would beg you not to lie now.

We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be.