Great. Lookout. I'm a lookout. Another thing to put on my college applications. What do I do if I see someone?" Val looked back. "I'm not sure, actually. Holly Black More Quotes by Holly Black More Quotes From Holly Black There are dog people and cat people. Holly Black cat dog people Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities. Holly Black possibility strange beautiful I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you wanting them. Sometimes I actually think it makes the wanting worse Holly Black kissing hurt dirty I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact." "I'm not scared of being spoiled," Val said. Holly Black spoiled scared said 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 they're different from my eyes- I see mine all the time and I'm bored with them. Holly Black eye beautiful thinking I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to. Holly Black upset selfish sorry It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything. Holly Black rotten meat monsters I like all the things that make you monstrous. Holly Black monstrous The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway. Holly Black heart boys firsts It's not that I want you to be a certain way--don't you want a boyfriend?" "Why bother with that? Let's find incubi." "Incubi?" "Demons. Plural. Like octopi. And we're much more likely to find them"--her voice dropped conspiratorially--"while swimming naked in the Atlantic a week before Halloween than practically anywhere else I can think of. Holly Black halloween swimming thinking Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research. Holly Black you love life people Into every generation comes a vampire. Holly Black every generation vampire Three hundred words in a day is not a lot. So much of it is thinking before writing. And then there's the cutting. But you do what you do and keep moving forward. Holly Black words day you thinking Vampires aren't made - they're just born that way, and no one knows why. They're sort of a race unto themselves. Holly Black why born race way I wrote a book called 'Doll Bones', which was another middle-grade book, and when I was writing it, I needed a place in the U.S. that made bone china. And there are only two places in the U.S. that make bone china. They made it by grinding down actual cow bones. It was a plot point. It was a creepy doll book. Holly Black down place writing book I've loved vampires for a very long time. In eighth grade, I guess, my research paper was on vampires. Holly Black loved research time long One of the great things about writing middle-grade books is that it's really a nice break, when you're writing super intense stuff like 'Coldtown', to be able to write something a little lighter - calm down and do something different. Holly Black down great you calm Growing up, my mom was a painter, my best friend was a painter, my husband is a painter. For a long time I knew artists, and I didn't know any writers. Holly Black best mom time long What I've always loved about faeries is the way that they, unlike so many other supernatural creatures, are not human and have never been human. They have different customs and different taboos, and woe to anyone who breaks them. Holly Black loved never always way 'Twilight' passed like a fever through the sophisticated reader and the unsophisticated reader alike. People devoured those books in single sittings, over weekends, with a kind of raw intensity that is rare. Holly Black like fever single people
