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Good Quotes by Holly Black
- I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.
- A stray dog, I might understand," she said. "But this? You are too softhearted." No, Mabry," Ravus said. "I am not." He looked in Val's…
- Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.
- He looks like the good boy he's never been.
- I can learn to live with guilt. I don't care about being good.
- Pet the cat dude," says Sam. "She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is." "You are a tiny…
- Life's full of opportunities to make crappy decisions that feel good. And after the first one, the rest get a whole lot easier.
- But now I wonder--what if everyone is pretty much the same and it's just a thousand small choices that add up to the person you…
- I'm not very good at explaining things," she said. "But I think you have beautiful eyes. I love the gold in them. I love that…
- Mirroring behavior. When a mark takes a drink from his water glass, so should you. When he smiles, so should you. Keep it subtle, rather…
- 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 hard time reconciling…
- God, I hate you,” she says. “So much. Why do boys think that it will be better to lie and tell a girl how much…
- She wants me to take out Patton.” Barron’s brows draw together. “Take out? As in transform him?” “No,” I say. “As in take out to…
- I did it to get what I want. Maybe I should regret that, but I can’t. Sometimes you do the bad thing and hope for…
- It's too early for there to be any coffee. I stare dully at the empty pot in the common room, while Sam picks up a…
- The most important thing for any con artist is never to think like a mark. Marks think they can get something for nothing. Marks think…
- I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and…
- If they were real, then maybe the world was big enough to have magic in it. And if there was magic — even bad magic,…
- I haven't had a very good day. I think I might still be hung over and everyone's dead and my root beer's gone.
- Isn't every hero aware of all the terrible reason they did those good deeds?" Aware of every mistake they ever made and how good people…
- Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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