Holly Black citations

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“She says that what you did was a cry for help."

"It was," I say. "That's why I was yelling 'Heeeelp!' I don't really go in for subtlety.”

“Baby," she says in a harsh whisper, "in this world, lots of people will try to grind you down. They need you to be small so they can be big. You let them think whatever they want, but you make sure you get yours. You get yours.”

“I can't trust the people I care about not to hurt me. And I'm not sure I can trust myself not to hurt them, either.”

“I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.”

“Death’s favorites don’t die.”

“If she was going to die, she might as well die sarcastic.”

“He's the kind of liar who totally forgets what he told you the last time, but he believes every single lie with such conviction that sometimes he can convince you of it.”

“She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.”

“What an author doesn't know could fill a book.”

“Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.”

“You carried my heart in your hands tonight," he said. "But I have felt as if you carried it long before that.”

“And if I wanted to kill myself, I wouldn't throw myself off a roof. And if I was going to throw myself off a roof, I would put on some pants before I did it.”

“She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.”

“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.”

“This is the part in the movie where that guy says, "Zombies? What zombies?" just before they eat his brains. I don't want to be that guy.”

“whatever you love, that is your weakness”

“Even from the beginning, that was the problem. People liked pretty things. People even liked pretty things that wanted to kill and eat them.”

“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.”

“I can learn to live with guilt. I don't care about being good.”

“No," said Luis, "You can't date the Lord of the Night Court."
"Well, I'm not, he dumped me."
"You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court."
"Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.”

“You are more dangerous than daybreak.”

“I would remain nearer you for what time there is."

"Gone in one faerie sigh," she quoted.

Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. "I can hold my breath.”

“They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.”

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

“But if you didn't believe in monsters, then how were you going to be able to keep safe from them?”

“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.”

“You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.”

“Flattery will get you everywhere," Sam says, "Except, apparently, off a roof.”