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

Holly Black

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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins. by Holly Black

Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.

poisonous veins

For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything. by Holly Black

For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.

curse crutches

Because I am about to be devoured by poodles," I quip. "Remember... by Holly Black

Because I am about to be devoured by poodles," I quip. "Remember me always, my love.

quip poodles remember

Occasionally, there are battles in the sky. One likes to imagine the angels are always triumphant. One does not like to think of the ancient and terrible scales balancing the infernal and divine as wobbling back and forth. Tilting freely, to and fro. One does not like to think that sometimes it is the angel that falls.

angel fall thinking

Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.” “I never... by Holly Black

Sometimes,” Sam says, “I can’t tell when you’re lying.” “I never lie,” I lie.

never-lie sometimes lying

It's not that I don't know that it's a bad idea. It's that, lately, bad ideas have a particular hold over me.

particular knows ideas

You don't have to protect these people, Cassel." I am these peopl... by Holly Black

You don't have to protect these people, Cassel." I am these people.

protect people

I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy. by Holly Black

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

i-need-you need-you needs

What an author doesn't know could fill a book. by Holly Black

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

knows book

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

heart long hands

If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing peo... by Holly Black

If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?

corny killing people

Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is all over the water. Janet: That's gross, Kaye. Kaye: And the moon is just watching. She's just watching him die. She must have driven him to it.

moon water blood

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.

zombie guy brain

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.

yes-you-can lord night

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.

yield powerful hate

The moment she was cursed, I lost her. Once it wears off- soon- she will be embarrassed to remember things that she said, things she did, things like this. No matter how solid she feels in my arms, she is made of smoke.

arms matter remember

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame p... by Holly Black

The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

blame lying people

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.

strong baby thinking

You're a pretty cool customer, huh?" says Agent Hunt. "I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage." Agent Hunt looks like he would like to put his fist through my stoic visage.

agents pain fists

She put a hit on her boyfriend, so it's not like she hasn't murdered someone." "And you know that how?" Sam asks. I'm trying really hard to be honest, but telling the whole thing to Sam seems beyond me. Still, the fragments sound ridiculous on their own. "She said so. In the park." He rolls his eyes. "Because the two of you were so friendly." "I guess she mistook me for someone else." I sound so much like Philip that it scares me. I can hear the menace in my tone. "Who?" Sam asks, not flinching. I force my voice back to normal. "Uh, the person who killed him.

voice eye two