Holly Black Quotes

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• Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

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  Beauty, Clever, Devil

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.144, Hachette UK

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• It’s hard to come up with a scheme to thwart some other scheme you don’t even know about.

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  Come Up, Schemes, Knows

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.126, Simon and Schuster

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• You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more.

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  Writing

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• When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere.

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  Looks, Knows

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• Changing is what people do when they have no options left.

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  Change, People, Choices

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.146, Simon and Schuster

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• Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.

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  Hurt, Love You, Mean

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

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  Remember

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.166, Simon and Schuster

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• The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.

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  Lying, Want, Being True

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.204, Simon and Schuster

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• But now I wonder--what if everyone is pretty much the same and it's just a thousand small choices that add up to the person you are? No good or evil, no black and white, no inner demons or angels whispering the right answers in our ears like it's some cosmic SAT test. Just us, hour by hour, minute by minute, day by day,making the best choices we can. The thought is horrifying. If that's true, then there's no right choice. There's only choice.

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  Angel, Black And White, Evil

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.189, Simon and Schuster

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• Every hero is the villain of his own story.

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  Hero, Stories, Villain

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• We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.

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  Dying, Faster

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• It's the flaw that brings out the beauty.

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  Flaws

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• Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.

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  Funny, Sweet, Coffee

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• I envy what I fear and hate what I envy.

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  Hate, Envy, Corny

  Holly Black (2013). “The Poison Eaters: and Other Stories”, p.178, Small Beer Press

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• If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.

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  Cat, Curiosity, Satisfaction

  Holly Black (2012). “Tithe”, p.91, Simon and Schuster

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• I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.

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  Needs, Need You, I Need You

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.242, Simon and Schuster

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• You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want.

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  Want, Duty, Obligation

  "Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale". Book by Holly Black, 2007.

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• She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.

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  Liars, Lying, Upset

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.221, Simon and Schuster

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• Life is like licking Honey from a Thorn

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  Life Is Like, Honey, Licking

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• Librarians are hot. They have knowledge and power over their domain...It is no coincidence how many librarians are portrayed as having a passionate interior, hidden by a cool layer of reserve. Aren't books like that? On the shelf, their calm covers belie the intense experience of reading one. Reading inflames the soul. Now, what sort of person would be the keeper of such books?

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  Book, Reading, Knowledge And Power

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• whatever you love, that is your weakness

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  Weakness

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• I think Bob appreciated my outfit. He made me buy the more expensive pendant. You might think that was to my disadvantage, but I accept that status comes with a price.” “Not usually so immediately.” I shake my head. “You better not be hitting on federal agent ladies. They’ll arrest you.” His grin widens. “I like handcuffs.” I groan. “There is something seriously wrong with you.” “Nothing that a night being worked over by a hot representative of justice couldn’t fix.

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  Night, Thinking, Justice

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• Isn't every hero aware of all the terrible reason they did those good deeds?" Aware of every mistake they ever made and how good people got hurt because of their decisions? Don't they recall the moments they weren't heroic at all? The moments where their heroism led to more deaths than deliberate villainy ever could?

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  Hurt, Mistake, Hero

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• Love changes us, but we change how we love too.

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  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.66, Simon and Schuster

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• Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.

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  Girl, Clever, Fire

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.80, Hachette UK

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