“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
“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
“This will be over quickly, he'd said. But not everything is better for being fast.” — 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
“... jealousy wasn't a spice to me then. It was the whole meal and I was gagging it down.” — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Nice things don’t happen in storybooks,” Taryn says. “Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“There it is. That temper you try to hide. You know what fascinates me about you? You're a hungry person sitting in… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“We- the Folk- don't love like you do,' Locke said. 'Perhaps you shouldn't trust me with your heart. I might break it.” — 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
“I pictured Locke's heart shot through with an arrow and then shook my head to get rid of the image. It wasn't… — 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… — 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
“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 raise a plastic glass. “To family.” “And Faerieland,” says Taryn, raising hers. “And pizza,” says Oak. “And stories,” says Heather. “And… — 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
“Once upon a time, there was a girl named Taryn and she had a faerie lover who came to her at night.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“No, I’m done! I’m tired, I’m sweaty, I’m in agony, and why do I feel like I need to shit?” “It’s totally… — Suzanne Wright Copy Share Image
“I think I've had a shit, Shaya." The poor woman sounded distressed and mortified. "Have I, Grace? Don't lie to me." "No,… — Suzanne Wright Copy Share Image
“To show you what you would not otherwise believe,' Locke said. 'Envy. Fear. Anger. Jealousy. They're all spices.' He laughed at my… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“I think I understand now what you meant when you said I have to give up my mortal qualms. And I am… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“Fairy tales are full of girls who wait, who endure, who suffer. Good girls. Obedient girls. Girls who crush nettles until their… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
“All stories are lessons. Fairy tales have a moral: Stay on the path. Don't trust wolves. Don't steal things, not even things… — 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
“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
