You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
His eyes look too bright, the way the do in people who are in love, people who are enraged, and people who… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Better to leave him with the memory of their being a pair of monsters, wrapped in each other's arms.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The more you love her, the crazier you get. My love was great. My crimes were greater.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“When you don't know what you're searching for,” he says, “you have to look absolutely everywhere.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
It's not that I don't know that it's a bad idea. It's that, lately, bad ideas have a particular hold over me. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Because I am about to be devoured by poodles," I quip. "Remember me always, my love. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Have I told you how hideous you look tonight?” Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“What I want is him back, him standing beside me, him laughing at all this. I would settle for even his worst… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Jude and I had a misunderstanding,' Cardan says carefully. 'But we're not enemies. And I am not your enemy, either, Taryn.' 'You… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Jude never loved Locke.' My face feels hot, but my shame is an excellent cover to hide behind. 'She loved someone else.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Once, Lila Zacharov was in love with a boy with hair as black as spilled ink and eyes as dark as coffee.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Allow me to explain how my whole life has prepared me for this moment. I am used to girls screaming, and your… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“What if I am too much? If I need too much?' she asks, her voice very low. He takes a deep breath,… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The hardest thing- the impossible thing- is to get past the memory of Cardan telling me he loved me. He said those… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I thought I was getting better at this. I thought I was starting to make peace with being in love with a… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“His eyes are open, watching my flushed face, my ragged breathing. I try to stop myself from making embarrassing noises. It’s more… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
You got a lot of ladies to get through. You’re still young. First love’s the sweetest, but it doesn’t last.” “Not ever?”… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“They were in love with him because he was a prince and a faerie and magical and you were supposed to love… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“...you think it was sunrise I was waiting for and not my queen. Do you not hear her footfalls? She has never… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Girls like her, my grandfather once warned me, girls like her turn into women with eyes like bullet holes and mouths made… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
There are no words for how much I will miss her, but I try to kiss her so that she'll know. I… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You didn't hear the story I told," he goes on. "A shame. It featured a handsome boy with a heart of stone… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Please,' she says, her head bent. 'Please. You must try to break the curse. I know that you are the queen by… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You didn't think I really liked you? Do you think I really like you now?" He turned toward her, uncertainty in his… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Madoc says you will duel for love,' I say. 'Whose?' he asks, frowning. There is no banquet too abundant for a starving… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Lil-' he says, voice sounding soft and scratchy, but speaking. He's conscious. Awake. Healed. He grabs hold of the Bomb's hand. 'I'm… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Girls like her, my grandfather once warned me, girls like her turn into women with eyes like bullet holes and mouths made… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she’ll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“What they don’t realize is this: Yes, they frighten me, but I have always been scared, since the day I got here. I was… — Holly Black Copy Share
When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere. — Holly Black Copy Share
“Madoc makes a snorting sound, then turns to me. 'I am sure that Wren here wouldn't mind taking Lady Nore's castle and lands for… — Holly Black Copy Share
“No, I won't help you. No I won't hear you explain why I should. It really is a magical word: no. You say whatever… — Holly Black Copy Share
Let her alone,' said the enkanto, 'or I will curse you blind, lame, and worse.' The old man laughed. 'I'm a curse breaker, fool.'… — Holly Black Copy Share
“His wax-white skin was cool to the touch when she brushed his neck to find the knot of cloth. She'd never been this close… — Holly Black Copy Share
So what are you really wearing?" The words left her mouth before she could consider them. She winced. He didn't seem to mind; in… — Holly Black Copy Share
“I grab a chair. "I don't mean to pry," I say, "but we're in a hospital. You sure you're fine?" She sighs heavily. "No… — Holly Black Copy Share
Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is… — Holly Black Copy Share
“That was how she felt, right then. As if there was too much of her, as if her skin was tight with muchness. She… — Holly Black Copy Share
“It was a vow, a piece of a chant, their scripture, something they took so seriously that saying it aloud embarrassed them.” — Holly Black Copy Share
