Holly Black Quotes - Page 2

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• She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.

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  Ocean, Air, Electric Power

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• Mutually assured destruction.

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  Destruction, Mutually Assured Destruction, Assured

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.257, Simon and Schuster

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• I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria. But actually trusting someone when they have nothing to gain from me just doesn't make sense. All friendships are negotiations of power.

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  Party, Mean, People

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.70, Simon and Schuster

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• Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying

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  Real, Lying, Believe

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.80, Simon and Schuster

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• Some promises aren’t worth keeping.

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  Promise

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.131, Simon and Schuster

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• All friendships are negotiations of power.

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  Negotiation

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.100, Simon and Schuster

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• Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.

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  Choices, Sometimes, Good Choices

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.82, Hachette UK

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• Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.” “I never lie,” I lie.

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  Lying, Sometimes, Never Lie

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.29, Simon and Schuster

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• Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army," says the minister. "Now he marches with the angels.

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  Angel, Army, Soldier

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.59, Simon and Schuster

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• She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own.

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  Way, Monsters, Wanted

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.153, Hachette UK

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• Like a stage magician, the con artist misdirects suspicion. While everyone’s watching for him to pull a rabbit out of a hat, he’s actually sawing a girl in half. You think he’s doing one trick when he’s actually doing another. You think that I’m dying, but I’m laughing at you.

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  Girl, Artist, Thinking

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

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• Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.

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  Too Good To Be True, Forget, Mark

  Holly Black (2010). “White Cat”, p.216, Simon and Schuster

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• There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go on a quest. I’ve always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I’m not backing down from it. I’m not going home until it’s complete.

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  Home, People, Goes On

  Holly Black (2013). “Doll Bones”, p.96, Simon and Schuster

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• The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway.

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  Heart, Boys, Firsts

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

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  Opportunity, Feel Good, Decision

  Holly Black (2012). “Red Glove”, p.253, Simon and Schuster

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• People said that video games were bad because they made you numb to death, made you register entrails splattering across a screen as a sign of success. In that moment, Val thought that the real problem with games was that the player was suppossed to try everything. If there was a cave, you went in it. If there was a mysterious stranger, you talked to him. If there was a map, you followed it. But in games, you had a hundred million billion lives and Val only had this one.

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  Real, Player, Games

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• And stupid. Brave and Stupid." Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. "But nothing can stop you from being terrible once you've learned how.

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  Inspirational, Teacher, Stupid

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• The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate. They will find the bit and the bridle that fits your mouth and will make you yield.

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  Powerful, Hate, Yield

  Holly Black (2008). “Ironside: A Modern Faery's Tale”, p.194, Simon and Schuster

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• I did it to get what I want. Maybe I should regret that, but I can’t. Sometimes you do the bad thing and hope for the good result.

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  Regret, Want, Sometimes

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart: The Curse Workers”, p.174, Hachette UK

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• They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.

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  Names, Things Change, Pins

  Holly Black (2012). “Ironside”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

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• You both ... you both saved me?" "Come on," said Luis. "You make it sound like it was hard for Val to go to the Unseelie Court, strike a deal with Roiben, challenge Mabry to a duel, win back your heart, and then get back here during rush hour.

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  Heart, Winning, Challenges

  Holly Black (2012). “Valiant”, p.165, Simon and Schuster

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• I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.

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  Growing Up, Hate, Dying

  Holly Black (2013). “Doll Bones”, p.200, Simon and Schuster

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• Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief.

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  Memories, Lying, Flower

  Holly Black (2013). “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”, p.23, Hachette UK

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• That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them.

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  Murder

  Holly Black (2012). “Black Heart”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn.

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  Air, Tree, Feelings

  Holly Black (2012). “Tithe”, p.60, Simon and Schuster

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