Books Quotes by Holly Black

“Books were something that happened to readers. Readers were the victims of books.”

— Holly Black

“I don't want to be a vampire' she told herself. But in her dreams, she kind of did.”

— Holly Black

A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.

— Holly Black

What an author doesn't know could fill a book.

— Holly Black

“please,Tana,please.' -lots of characters in The Coldest Girl in Coldtown”

— Holly Black

It is my belief that books are living things.

— Holly Black

“In the dream, Tana's mother loved her more than anyone or anything. More than death.”

— Holly Black

“He was just a reader and readers can't do anything to make a story stop - except close the book.”

— Holly Black

“His voice had a faint trace of an accent she couldn't place - one that made her pretty sure he was no…

— Holly Black

“Nice things don’t happen in storybooks,” Taryn says. “Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would…

— Holly Black

“She took a deep breath, "Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing?" His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd…

— Holly Black

“But books feel real. Surely they must seem more real to you than anyone. They can hurt you. They can break your…

— Holly Black

“Be careful," Aidan called from the bed. "You don't know what he might do." "We all know what you'd do, though, don't…

— Holly Black

“I'm going to take off your gag. And if you try to bite me or grab me or anything, I'll hit you…

— Holly Black

“He reached into the bag and drew out an odd array of manga, ripped paperbacks of books both classic and modern, and…

— Holly Black

“I'm sorry,' she said to each of the dead as she unzipped and unfastened their things, 'I'm sorry Courtney. I'm sorry Marcus.…

— Holly Black

“Behind Tana there was the sounds of splintering wood, as though something very large had hot the door. "No," she said softly,…

— Holly Black

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

— Holly Black

“Tana would sit near the door to the basement with fingers in her ears, tears and snot running down her face as…

— Holly Black

“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…

— Holly Black

I remember everyone telling me I had to think positive when I was writing my first book. If I believed I could…

— Holly Black

Librarians are hot. They have knowledge and power over their domain...It is no coincidence how many librarians are portrayed as having a…

— Holly Black

“Adventuring turned out to be boring. Zach thought back to all the fantasy books he'd read where a team of questers traveled…

— Holly Black

“The Anne Rice books are a lot about infection. I read "Interview With the Vampire" a million times when I was in…

— Holly Black