--- title: "6 Black hair Quotes By Holly Black" description: "6 Black hair quotes by Holly Black. Plus more from Holly Black and more Black hair sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/holly-black-329_black-hair_at-the-window-of-my-room-i-catch-my-refl_721448.png" --- > [“At the window of my room, I catch my reflection in the glass. Shaggy black hair. Sneer.I look like a hungry ghost,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/at-the-window-of-my-room-i-catch-my-reflection-in-the-glass-shaggy/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/holly-black-329_black-hair_at-the-window-of-my-room-i-catch-my-refl_721448.png) > [He must have been handsome when he was alive and was handsome still, although made monstrous by his pallor and her awareness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/he-must-have-been-handsome-when-he-was-alive-and-was-handsome-still/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/holly-black-329_alive_he-must-have-been-handsome-when-he-was-a_1061466.jpg) > [“I must go,” Gavriel said, pushing back ash-black hair and looking at her with the utter sincerity of the drunk or deranged.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/i-must-go-gavriel-said-pushing-back-ash-black-hair-and-looking-at-her/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/holly-black-329_black-hair_i-must-go-gavriel-said-pushing-back-ash_1865577.jpg) > [It’s hard to look at Barron now, but I do. He’s smirking. His black hair and black suit make him into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/it-s-hard-to-look-at-barron-now-but-i-do-he-s-smirking-his-black-hair/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/holly-black-329_black_it-s-hard-to-look-at-barron-now-but-i-do_2334019.png) > [“We should have called truce, he'd said, brushing back his ink-black hair impatiently. We should have called truce long before this. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/we-should-have-called-truce-he-d-said-brushing-back-his-ink-black/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/459/holly-black-329_after-sex_we-should-have-called-truce-he-d-said-br_2394726.png) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/he-is-even-more-horrifically-beautiful-than-i-was-able-to-recall-they/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b37/holly-black-329_beautiful_he-is-even-more-horrifically-beautiful-t_2880020.jpg) ## Other authors on Black hair ## More by Holly Black > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/what-they-don-t-realize-is-this-yes-they-frighten-me-but-i-have/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/when-you-don-t-know-what-you-re-searching-for-you-have-to-look/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/madoc-makes-a-snorting-sound-then-turns-to-me-i-am-sure-that-wren/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/that-s-family-for-you-can-t-live-with-them-can-t-murder-them/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/no-i-won-t-help-you-no-i-won-t-hear-you-explain-why-i-should-it/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [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.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/let-her-alone-said-the-enkanto-or-i-will-curse-you-blind-lame-and/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“lt's an honor and a delight to meet you and a tragedy you're here”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/lt-s-an-honor-and-a-delight-to-meet-you-and-a-tragedy-you-re-here/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“No fire at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/no-fire-at-all/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/his-wax-white-skin-was-cool-to-the-touch-when-she-brushed-his-neck-to/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/so-what-are-you-really-wearing-the-words-left-her-mouth-before-she/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/i-grab-a-chair-i-don-t-mean-to-pry-i-say-but-we-re-in-a-hospital-you/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/kaye-you-know-what-the-sun-looks-like-janet-no-what-kaye-like-he-slit/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“That was how she felt, right then. As if there was too much of her, as if her skin was tight with muchness. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/that-was-how-she-felt-right-then-as-if-there-was-too-much-of-her-as/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“It was a vow, a piece of a chant, their scripture, something they took so seriously that saying it aloud embarrassed them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/it-was-a-vow-a-piece-of-a-chant-their-scripture-something-they-took/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“Some broken things stay broken”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/some-broken-things-stay-broken/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/black-hair/holly-black/#itemlist", "name": "6 Black hair Quotes By Holly Black", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“At the window of my room, I catch my reflection in the glass. 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