People Quotes by Holly Black

Changing is what people do when they have no options left.

— Holly Black

If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?

— Holly Black

There are dog people and cat people.

— Holly Black

You don't have to protect these people, Cassel." I am these people.

— Holly Black

I can't trust the people I care about not to hurt me. And I'm not sure I can trust myself not to…

— Holly Black

His eyes look too bright, the way the do in people who are in love, people who are enraged, and people who…

— Holly Black

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

— Holly Black

Even from the beginning, that was the problem. People liked pretty things. People even liked pretty things that wanted to kill and…

— Holly Black

There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go…

— Holly Black

Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you…

— Holly Black

A stray dog, I might understand," she said. "But this? You are too softhearted." No, Mabry," Ravus said. "I am not." He…

— Holly Black

Refills are free,” the waitress tells us with a frown, like she’s hoping we’re not the kind of people who ask for…

— Holly Black

The inside is packed with people. Lots of them crowding the bar, passing drinks back for people to carry to tables. A…

— Holly Black

Memory is slippery. It bends to our understanding of the world, twists to accommodate our prejudices. It is unreliable. Witnesses seldom remember…

— Holly Black

The funny thing about good people—people like Daneca—is that they really honestly don’t get the impulse toward evil. They have an incredibly…

— Holly Black

Isn't every hero aware of all the terrible reason they did those good deeds?" Aware of every mistake they ever made and…

— Holly Black

I’ve stripped my life down,” he told me. “I don’t need much. I have all the company I want to keep right…

— Holly Black

As Val jumped down onto the litter-strewn concrete after them, she thought how insane it was to follow two people she didn't…

— Holly Black

People said that video games were bad because they made you numb to death, made you register entrails splattering across a screen…

— Holly Black

I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited…

— Holly Black