Holly Black quotes - page 2

You're like this leopard who's pretending to be a house cat. (Holly Black)
Lie until even you believe it - that's the real secret of lying. View quote
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It's starting to sink in," Corny said. "I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall. View quote
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Great. Lookout. I'm a lookout. Another thing to put on my college applications. What do I do if I see someone?" Val looked back. "I'm not sure, actually. View quote
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Little mouse," a voice said through the keyhole. "Don't you know the more you wriggle, the greater the cat's delight? View quote
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Maybe it was that nearly everyone else was dead and she felt a little bit dead too, but she figured that even a vampire deserved to be saved. Maybe she ought to leave him, but she wasn't going to. View quote
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I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen. View quote
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Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty. View quote
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Changing is what people do when they have no options left. View quote
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I envy what I fear and hate what I envy. View quote
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Every hero is the villain of his own story. (Holly Black)
The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true. View quote
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If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back. View quote
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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. View quote
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We're all dying, Cassel. It's just that some of us are dying faster than others. View quote
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Love changes us, but we change how we love too. View quote
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Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt. View quote
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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. View quote
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Mutually assured destruction. View quote
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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. View quote
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I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy. (Holly Black)
Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief. View quote
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That's family for you. Can't live with them, can't murder them. View quote
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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. View quote
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I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING. View quote
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