Skins Quotes by Holly Black

8 Skins quotes by Holly Black

Holly Black’s eight terse lines on skins hint at the magical and the mundane. The brief collection offers a quick dip into her darkly imaginative approach to outward identity.

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Cold?" Ravus echoed. He took her arm and rubbed it between his hands, watching them as though they were betraying him. "Better?"…

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Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.

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I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash…

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I drive him to school, then I break back into Barron's house. I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves…

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I wonder about death, I who may never know it. It looks much like ecstacy, the way they open their mouths as…

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There are no words for how much I will miss her, but I try to kiss her so that she'll know. I…

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Holly: Seriously, you don't like unicorns? What kind person doesn't like unicorns? Justine: What kind of a person doesn't like zombies? What…

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What is it? For what do you scheme? Ethine's death would weigh on you and the stain of her blood would seep…

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“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…

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When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere.

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“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…

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That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them.

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“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…

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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.'…

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“lt's an honor and a delight to meet you and a tragedy you're here”

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“No fire at all.”

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“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…

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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…

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“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…

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Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is…

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“That was how she felt, right then. As if there was too much of her, as if her skin was tight with muchness. She…

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“It was a vow, a piece of a chant, their scripture, something they took so seriously that saying it aloud embarrassed them.”

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“Some broken things stay broken”

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