“Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“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, quote from Ironside
“She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“whatever you love, that is your weakness”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“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. ”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“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.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“Life is like licking Honey from a Thorn”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“I like him, he thought in horror... shit. I like him.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“They say that nameless things change constantly -that names fix them in place like pins. But without a name, a thing isn't quite real either.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“I swear to fucking God, I will spray you again,”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“She didn't know how much she'd been hoping that he still loved her, until she felt how much it hurt to realize he didn't.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“It’s hard to come up with a scheme to thwart some other scheme you don’t even know about.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“What is it? For what do you scheme? Ethine's death would weigh on you and the stain of her blood would seep into your skin"
"Do you know what they wish for when they give you the Unseelie crown?" Roiben's tone was soft, like he was telling a secret. Kaye could barely catch his words. "That you be made of ice. What makes you think it matters what I feel? What makes you think I feel anything at all?”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“Put your puppet on the throne." said Talathain. "You may make her Queen but she won’t be Queen for long.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“He closed his eyes. 'Don't,' he said, but she could hear despair in his voice. It made her even angrier. It made her want to live down to his expectations.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“Corny nodded, but when he moved to put the key in the ignition, Luis's hand stopped him. When he turned, their mouths met.
"I'm sorry... that I've been," Luis said in between kisses,"distracted... by everything. Is it morbid... that I'm talking...?"
Corny murmured something that he hoped sounded like agreement as Luis's fingers dug into his hips, pushing him up so they could crush their bodies closer together.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“The flavor of that blood stayed with him through the long years of his service (...) by then he could no longer remember whose blood it was, only that he had grown used to the taste.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
“In those stories, one is often asked to do something unimaginably terrible to the creature. Cut off it's head, say. A test. Not a test of love. A test of trust. Trust lifts the spell.”
― Holly Black, quote from Ironside
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“Now at first you’ll feel a little dizzy, then a little numb, then you won’t feel anything at all.”
― Damian Wampler, quote from Sevara: Dawn of Hope
“After this interlude we return to the question of the parcel. Yes, says the Postmaster, it has been here – actually here in the office! But it is here no longer. It has been removed to the custody of the Customs. Monsieur B. must realize that parcels are subject to Customs dues. B. says that it is personal wearing apparel. The Postmaster says: ‘No doubt, no doubt; but that is the affair of the Customs.’ ‘We must, then, go to the Customs office?’ ‘That will be the proper procedure,’ agrees the Postmaster. ‘Not that it will be any use going today. Today is Wednesday, and on Wednesdays the Customs are closed.’ ‘Tomorrow, then?’ ‘Yes, tomorrow the Customs will be open.’ ‘Sorry,’ says B. to Max. ‘I suppose it means I shall have to come in again tomorrow to get my parcel.’ The Postmaster says that certainly Monsieur B. will have to come in tomorrow, but that even tomorrow he will not be able to get his parcel. ‘Why not?’ demands B. ‘Because, after the formalities of the Customs have been settled, the parcel must then go through the Post Office.’ ‘You mean, I shall have to come on here?’ ‘Precisely. And that will not be possible tomorrow, for tomorrow the Post Office will be closed,’ says the Postmaster triumphantly. We go into the subject in detail, but officialdom triumphs at every turn. On no day of the week, apparently, are both the Customs and the Post Office open!”
― quote from Come, Tell Me How You Live
“Speaking of shabby looks, we're going to have to give you a haircut soon.
...WHAT?
These feathers are getting messy.
LET ME UNDERSTAND THIS CORRECTLY. YOU WISH TO CUT MY MANE?
Thunder tigers grow manes?
OF COURSE! HOW ELSE WOULD YOU TELL MALES FROM FEMALES?
This is a trick question, right?
A MANE IS A SIGN A MALE ARASHITORA HAS REACHED MATURITY.
Her laughter rang out in his mind.
So it's going to be a few more decades growing, then?
HMPH. I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW MOST FEMALES FIND IT FETCHING.”
― Jay Kristoff, quote from Endsinger
“The author squares man's depravity with still being made in the image of God with this word picture. A vase that has held beautiful roses though now broken, will nevertheless hold something of the fragrance it once contained.”
― A.W. Tozer, quote from The Attributes of God: A Journey Into the Father's Heart
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― David Benioff, quote from The 25th Hour
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