Frasi di Holly Black

„It is my belief that books are living things…. And as living things, they need to be protected.“

—  Holly Black

„Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.“

—  Holly Black

Origine: Ironside

„Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

Origine: White Cat

„The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

Origine: White Cat

„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.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

Origine: White Cat

„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.“

—  Holly Black

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

—  Holly Black

Origine: Tithe

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

—  Holly Black, libro Red Glove

Origine: Red Glove

„Changing is what people do when they have no options left.“

—  Holly Black, libro Red Glove

Origine: Red Glove

„If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.“

—  Holly Black

Origine: Tithe

„You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want.“

—  Holly Black

Origine: Ironside

„We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

Origine: White Cat

„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.“

—  Holly Black

Origine: Tithe

„Every hero is the villain of his own story.“

—  Holly Black, libro The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Origine: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

„No trouble ever got fixed late at night," he said. "Midnight is for regrets.“

—  Holly Black, libro Red Glove

Origine: Red Glove

„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.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

Origine: White Cat

„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.“

—  Holly Black, libro Red Glove

Origine: Red Glove

„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.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

Origine: White Cat

„She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she’ll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes.“

—  Holly Black, libro Black Heart

Origine: Black Heart