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

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Faerie Faery Ocean Sea Water

... on the lawn one late summer day, her pale hair tangled because she'd cry if anyone tried to brush it, spinning around and around until she got so dizzy she fell in a pile of bare feet and dandelions and sundress.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Bare Feet Blonde Cold Coldest Dandelions Daughter Memories Flowers Girl Hair Sister Summer Sun Sundress Young

I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Emotional Sensitive

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

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Broken Shaping

Mutually assured destruction.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Demise Secret

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.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Brains Movie Reference Zombies

She tastes like every dark thought I've ever had.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Kissing Love Romance

He gave her a smile that wasn’t really a smile at all. “Eh, it wouldn’t be so bad. I wouldn’t have to study for the SATs or get a summer job or figure out my major. I can drink Elderflower wine all day, dance all through the night, and sleep on a bower of roses.”Hazel made a face. “I’m pretty sure there are some colleges where you can do that. I bet there are some colleges where you can major in that.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black College Hazel Jack Sat

Dead or not, I have come for his heart and I will have it.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Brave Death Heart Inspirational Love My Idol Prince Valiant Valiant

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.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Liars Lying

We are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Curse Workers Remember White Cat

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

Holly Black Monsters Pretty Things

Remember that I’m still a monster. I can listen to you scream and cry and beg and I still won’t let you out.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Gavriel Monsters

She was torn between the impulse to run and the urge to curl up like a pill bug, close her eyes, tuck her head beneath her arms, and play the game of since-I-can't-see-monsters-monsters-can't-see-me.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Monsters

Three of them, dressed in silvery gray, on three horses—one black, one white, and the third red.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Apocalypse

I think there are a lot of really positive aspects to social media for novelists. Even though our work is pretty solitary, through Twitter and Tumblr and Facebook and Instagram and blogging in general, we're better able to connect directly with readers.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Work Social Media Media

Inspiration comes from everywhere. From life, observing people, etc. From movies and books you love. From research.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Love Life Research

I really love the idea of the poetically mad - the character that is imbued with the romantic madness. Like River from 'Firefly' or Drusilla from 'Buffy.' Someone dangerously unhinged, where you're really not sure they're going to be reliable minute-to-minute.

~ Holly Black

Holly Black Love Character River