--- title: "6 Villain Quotes By Holly Black" description: "6 Villain quotes by Holly Black. Plus more from Holly Black and more Villain sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/holly-black-329_cardan_i-think-of-madoc-dozing-away-upstairs-al_435328.png" --- > [“I think of Madoc, dozing away upstairs, all his dreams of murder. I think of Oriana and Oak being forced apart for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/i-think-of-madoc-dozing-away-upstairs-all-his-dreams-of-murder-i/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5b/holly-black-329_cardan_i-think-of-madoc-dozing-away-upstairs-al_435328.png) > [Every hero is the villain of his own story.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/every-hero-is-the-villain-of-his-own-story/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1b/holly-black-329_hero_every-hero-is-the-villain-of-his-own-sto_1681061.png) > [“...nothing I could do to you will be as terrible as what you'll do to yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/nothing-i-could-do-to-you-will-be-as-terrible-as-what-you-ll-do-to/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/holly-black-329_glamoured_nothing-i-could-do-to-you-will-be-as-ter_1756314.png) > [“Mortal feelings are so volatile that it's impossible to help toying with them a little.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/mortal-feelings-are-so-volatile-that-it-s-impossible-to-help-toying/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16f/holly-black-329_death_mortal-feelings-are-so-volatile-that-it_2078975.png) > [“Playing the villain was the only thing he’d ever really excelled at.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/playing-the-villain-was-the-only-thing-he-d-ever-really-excelled-at/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/holly-black-329_cardan_playing-the-villain-was-the-only-thing-h_2099306.png) > [I know how to be the witness to her grief. I don't know how to be this kind of villain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/i-know-how-to-be-the-witness-to-her-grief-i-don-t-know-how-to-be-this/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/holly-black-329_grief_i-know-how-to-be-the-witness-to-her-grie_2723105.png) ## Other authors on Villain - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/william-shakespeare/) - [Kristina Stangl 13 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/kristina-stangl/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-christopher-walken-24017.jpg) Christopher Walken 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/christopher-walken/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tom-hiddleston-91443.jpg) Tom Hiddleston 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/tom-hiddleston/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anne-hull-13798.jpg) Marty Scurll 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/marty-scurll/) - [Vishwajeet Pradhan 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/vishwajeet-pradhan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marilyn-manson-63876.jpg) Marilyn Manson 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/marilyn-manson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-joe-abercrombie-50344.jpg) Joe Abercrombie 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/joe-abercrombie/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-ben-kingsley-16982.jpg) Ben Kingsley 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/ben-kingsley/) ## More by Holly Black > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/what-they-don-t-realize-is-this-yes-they-frighten-me-but-i-have/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [When you don't know what you're searching for, you have to look absolutely everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/when-you-don-t-know-what-you-re-searching-for-you-have-to-look/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/madoc-makes-a-snorting-sound-then-turns-to-me-i-am-sure-that-wren/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [That’s family for you. Can’t live with them, can’t murder them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/that-s-family-for-you-can-t-live-with-them-can-t-murder-them/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/no-i-won-t-help-you-no-i-won-t-hear-you-explain-why-i-should-it/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [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.'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/let-her-alone-said-the-enkanto-or-i-will-curse-you-blind-lame-and/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“lt's an honor and a delight to meet you and a tragedy you're here”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/lt-s-an-honor-and-a-delight-to-meet-you-and-a-tragedy-you-re-here/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“No fire at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/no-fire-at-all/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/his-wax-white-skin-was-cool-to-the-touch-when-she-brushed-his-neck-to/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/so-what-are-you-really-wearing-the-words-left-her-mouth-before-she/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/i-grab-a-chair-i-don-t-mean-to-pry-i-say-but-we-re-in-a-hospital-you/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/kaye-you-know-what-the-sun-looks-like-janet-no-what-kaye-like-he-slit/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“That was how she felt, right then. As if there was too much of her, as if her skin was tight with muchness. She…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/that-was-how-she-felt-right-then-as-if-there-was-too-much-of-her-as/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“It was a vow, a piece of a chant, their scripture, something they took so seriously that saying it aloud embarrassed them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/it-was-a-vow-a-piece-of-a-chant-their-scripture-something-they-took/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) > [“Some broken things stay broken”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/holly-black/some-broken-things-stay-broken/) [Holly Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/holly-black/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/villain/holly-black/#itemlist", "name": "6 Villain Quotes By Holly Black", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think of Madoc, dozing away upstairs, all his dreams of murder. 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