“Kiss me. Kiss me until I'm sick of it.” ― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“In the dream, Tana's mother loved her more than anyone or anything. More than death.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You really do want me,' I say, close enough to feel the warmth of his breath as it hitches. 'And you hate… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“How does it feel?' he asked. 'To be stuck in a fairy tale?' 'How does it feel to be one?' I countered...” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The odd thing about ambition is this: You can acquire it like a fever, but it is not so easy to shed.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“How appropriate to have my tongue cut out, when silence has been my refuge and my cage.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“It hurts to think of her, but I can't stop. It ought to hurt. After all, hell is supposed to be hot.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“His voice had a faint trace of an accent she couldn't place - one that made her pretty sure he was no… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I breathe in the fine mist from the water, the scents of loam and clotted river grass.” — 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
“It's shocking," he says, as though he's giving me some great compliment. "I know humans can lie, but to watch you do… — 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
“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
“I can show you a version of yourself, Taryn. One you've never imagined. It's terrible to be a girl trapped in a… — 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
“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
“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 Copy Share Image
“Taryn is beautiful in her heavily embroidered dress, and Vivi radiant in soft violet grey with artfully sewn moths seeming to fly… — 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
“Cardan glances toward me, as though for help. When I am silent, he frowns, annoyed with both of us. 'Although I am… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“So did you murder Balekin?' Nihuar asks me, clearly able to put off her curiosity no longer. 'Yes,' I say. 'After he… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The Roach clasps his hand on the back of my neck with a laugh. 'You did good, kid, you know that? You… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“I missed you," I whisper against his skin and feel dizzy with the intimacy of the admission, feel more naked than when… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“At least one person is going to be naked,' I say. 'You know it's true. I've never been to a single revel… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I slip in to Cardan's room. Though it is not yet dawn, I am lucky. The room is empty of revelry. No… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“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… — 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
“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
“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
“Clap her in chains," says Randalin. Never have I so wished there was a way for me to show I was telling… — 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
“please,Tana,please.' -lots of characters in The Coldest Girl in Coldtown” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You want to free him? Let's gut him like a haddock. Quicker and far more satisfying.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“He's so beautiful, so perfectly, horribly, inhumanely beautiful that I can barely breathe.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
