“We show her that I am no feckless High king.' 'And how do we do that?' I ask. 'With great difficulty,' he… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I hate being unwell,' he says. 'You're not sick,' Jude tells him. 'You are recovering from being stabbed- or rather, throwing yourself… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“If anyone can get me through tonight, it's him. He's good at putting those around him at ease, even when they ought… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“But kissing Locke never felt the way that kissing Cardan does, like taking a dare to run over knives, like an adrenaline… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“...he kisses me, sweet and raw. 'I missed you,' I whisper against his skin and feel dizzy with the intimacy of the… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Cardan lies on the rug with one arm propping up his head and the other slung across Jude's waist. He understands everything… — 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
“Cardan puts up a hand. 'No, no, enough. It's all too tedious to explain. I declare this meeting at an end.' His… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The next time you want to make a point,' Jude says, 'I beg you not to make it so dramatically.' His shoulder… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“It's okay to want something that's going to hurt, I remind myself. I move toward him, so we are close enough to… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think about Cardan when I am lying there. I think about what it must have been like to grow up… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I follow him behind the throne and off the dais, where a small door is set against the stone wall, half hidden… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Lady Asha, as the mother of a prince, found herself much in demand with the Court, if not the High King. Given… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Cardan comes over, stepping on my star chart, kicking over the ink-pot with his silver-tipped boots, sending the blood spilling across the… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Are you angry about-' He cuts himself off, looking at my face more carefully. 'No, you're afraid. But why would you be… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I could warn Randalin that he ought to be afraid of the way that Cardan is looking at him. Cardan turns to… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I have thought and thought since you were gone, and there is something I wish to say.' Cardan's face is serious, almost… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Idly, I wonder what sort of execution Cardan might order. Maybe he'd strap me to some rocks and let the sea do… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“He grabs hold of my wrist. I am shocked by the sensation of his skin warm against mine. 'Take care,' he says,… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You should go.' 'This is my room,' he points out, affronted. 'And that's my wife.' 'So you keep telling everyone,' the Bomb… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“And I decided to play the hero. See how it felt. To try." "And?" she asks. "I didn't like it," he admits.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“He's handsome, but that makes his horribleness worse, somehow. As though he's taken something nice and made it awful. Being the single… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Mostly, his obligations appear to be allowing his ring-covered hands to be kissed and accepting the blandishments of the Folk. I'm sure… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I think of Madoc, dozing away upstairs, all his dreams of murder. I think of Oriana and Oak being forced apart for… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“He gives me one of his most awful smiles. 'I suppose she'll have to be searched.' ... 'My husband was murdered,' I… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Though I would not delight to see the straps sink into your skin, neither would I mourn.' 'Enough blustering,' he says. 'You've… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I will accompany you,' Cardan says, rising. I open my mouth to explain all the reasons that he can't go. The problem… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You shouldn't be alone,' I say, because if the Undersea is going to strike, then we must not give it any easy… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Cardan was not an easy child to love, and he's only grown worse with time. He would scream to be held, and… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I didn't enjoy being a snake, and yet I appear to be doomed to be reminded of it for all eternity,' Cardan… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You were my guest until you drew your very fancy sword. Put it down and by my guest again.' 'Put it down?'… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Then Cardan comes in to view, a fond smile on his lips. When he speaks, he does so in a conspiratorial whisper.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“It is said that faerie children are not like mortal children. They need little in the way of love. They need not… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The parlour is as I remember it from Council meetings. It carries the scent of smoke and verbena and clover. Cardan himself… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“He's every bit as terrifying as any serpent. I don't care. I run into his arms.” — 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
“Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart if you must. Just… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You're awful.' He said it as though he was delighted. 'And the worst part is that you believe otherwise.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Cardan grins at me as though we've been great friends all our lives. I forgot how charming he can be--and how dangerous… — 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 Image
When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere. — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
