Holly Black: Quotes about love

“We love until we do not. For us, love doesn't fade gradually. It snaps like a branch bent too far.”

“You and your sister are very dear to each other. To show your regard, you give each other lovely bouquets of lies.”

“The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway.”

“Once someone's hurt you, it's harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn't stop you from wanting them.”

“Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.”

“She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.”

“Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.”

“I love you, you see… and I fear I have no way to say or show it that isn't terrible, except coming here. I would kill everyone in the world for you, if you wanted……. Or not obviously”

“We all wind up drawn to what we're afraid of, drawn to try to find a way to make ourselves safe from a thing by crawling inside of it, by loving it, by becoming it.”

“whatever you love, that is your weakness”

“The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate. They will find the bit and the bridle that fits your mouth and will make you yield.”

“. The language of love is like that, possessive. That should be the first warning that it's not going to encourage anyone's betterment.”

“Love changes us, but we change how we love too.”

“Allow me to explain how my whole life has prepared me for this moment. I am used to girls screaming, and your screams – will be sweeter than another’s cries of love.”

“She didn't know how much she'd been hoping that he still loved her, until she felt how much it hurt to realize he didn't.”