Holly Black

“If life were like a video game, she would have used her power move to whip Jen in the air and knock…

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“His wax-white skin was cool to the touch when she brushed his neck to find the knot of cloth. She'd never been…

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“There's something easy about the idea that vampirism is some kind of disease- then they can't help it if they attack us,…

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I need to talk to you. I had a weird dream." "Let me guess. You got tied up by lady ninjas. With…

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“I really love folklore. I had read a lot of faerie folklore that informed the books I wrote. I also really love…

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“Are you angry about-' He cuts himself off, looking at my face more carefully. 'No, you're afraid. But why would you be…

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“I am glad to have you march under my banner, glad of your loyalty, grateful for you honour.' His gaze goes to…

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“I have thought and thought since you were gone, and there is something I wish to say.' Cardan's face is serious, almost…

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“Who calls at Habetrot's chamber?' comes a whispery voice. Oak raises his eyebrows at me, as though he intends me to answer.…

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Are you sure?" Aidan asked, "Gavriel's still a vampire." "He warned me about you and about them. He didn't have to. I'm…

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“To show you what you would not otherwise believe,' Locke said. 'Envy. Fear. Anger. Jealousy. They're all spices.' He laughed at my…

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“I could warn Randalin that he ought to be afraid of the way that Cardan is looking at him. Cardan turns to…

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“So I am to sit here and feed you information,” Cardan says, leaning against a hickory tree. “And you’re to go charm…

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“My view of writing "Coldest Girl in Coldtown" was to take every single thing that I loved from every vampire book I…

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You're not the way everyone says you are," Kaye said, looking at him so fiercely that he couldn't meet her gaze. "I…

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“Villains were wonderful. They got to be cruel and selfish, to preen in front of mirrors and poison apples, and trap girls…

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“And you want more holes because you think pain will distract you from all the annoying celebrating? Or because stabbing me will…

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“He is even more horrifically beautiful than I was able to recall. They're all beautiful, unless they're hideous. That's the nature of…

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“I must go,” Gavriel said, pushing back ash-black hair and looking at her with the utter sincerity of the drunk or deranged.…

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“You’re my baby, my sweet baby, my darling, and I need your help. You’re scared, but if you let me out, we’ll…

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On the way out to the car, Philip turns to me. “How could you be so stupid? I shrug, stung in spite…

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“Though I would not delight to see the straps sink into your skin, neither would I mourn.' 'Enough blustering,' he says. 'You've…

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“Are you sure?" Aidan asked, "Gavriel's still a vampire." "He warned me about you and about them. He didn't have to. I'm…

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“Be careful. You might find more than you bargained for in my larder, little goat.' I open the door of the fridge.…

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“You’re not like other girls,” Aidan said, pressing her back against the cushions of the couch. “You’re cool.” Tana tried to be…

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“He was nice in the carriage. I didn't know he knew how to be nice.' That makes me laugh. At the door…

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“I will accompany you,' Cardan says, rising. I open my mouth to explain all the reasons that he can't go. The problem…

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“The military put up barricades around the areas of the cities where the infections broke out. That was the way the first…

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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…

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“And if I never change back? If I’m not human enough anymore?” He smiled; she could feel it against her skin. “Then…

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“You shouldn't be alone,' I say, because if the Undersea is going to strike, then we must not give it any easy…

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He must have been handsome when he was alive and was handsome still, although made monstrous by his pallor and her awareness…

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I’ve stripped my life down,” he told me. “I don’t need much. I have all the company I want to keep right…

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“What was it like?" I ask. "Being a serpent." He hesitates. "It was like being trapped in the dark," he says. "I…

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“I am becoming a tyrant, threatening in place of convincing. Unstable instead of steadying. I am suited to the shadows, to the…

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The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for…

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“Long live Jude,' she says with a wink, setting down the tray on a table with a clatter of the pots and…

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Cold?" Ravus echoed. He took her arm and rubbed it between his hands, watching them as though they were betraying him. "Better?"…

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They think you can't feel anything, because they've forgotten how. You're very, very dangerous, I get that, and you're prone to some…

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“I didn't enjoy being a snake, and yet I appear to be doomed to be reminded of it for all eternity,' Cardan…

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