“... I sit on the rug before the unlit grate and crack open the walnut. Out spills pale apricot muslin, frothing quantities… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I am at lessons in the palace grove, sitting in the long shadows of the late afternoon. The moon has already risen,… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“...when they are gone, it will be use staring across a chessboard at each other. And when I best you, I will… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“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
“What was it like?" I ask. "Being a serpent." He hesitates. "It was like being trapped in the dark," he says. "I… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“It's you I love," he says. "I spent much of my life guarding my heart. I guarded it so well that I… — 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
“I hate the way I cling to him, the nails of one hand digging into his back, my thoughts splintering, and the… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“...nothing I could do to you will be as terrible as what you'll do to yourself.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I wish I could punch him in his smug face and show him how undeterred I am by his exile.” — 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
“Why are you looking at Jude like that?' I asked. 'I can't help it,' he said, never taking his gaze from you.… — 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
“Much of the clothing is moth-eaten, but I can see what they once were. A skirt with a beaded pattern of pomegranates,… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The High King makes a nonchalant gesture. 'Jude likes to suppose the worst of both her enemies and her allies. Her reward… — 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
“She has known the tide and undertow of my feelings, my hurts, both small and large, for most of my life.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“He was nice in the carriage. I didn't know he knew how to be nice.' That makes me laugh. At the door… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“You could still be lying,' says the Roach. He turns to Cardan. 'Try her.' 'Your pardon?' Cardan says, drawing himself up, and… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“The whole places looks straight out of a fairy tale, the kind where love is a simple thing, never the cause of… — 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
“He's so beautiful, so perfectly, horribly, inhumanely beautiful that I can barely breathe.” — 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
“...opulent patterns intricately stitched on skirts of gold and silver, each as beautiful as the dawn.” — 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
