Frases de Holly Black

„La ausencia aminora las pequeñas pasiones y agranda las grandes.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

White Cat

„No quiero ser un monstruo, pero quizá sea demasiado tarde para poder ser otra cosa.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

White Cat

„No quiero ser esa persona, así que paso la mayor parte de mi tiempo en la escuela fingiendo y mintiendo. Se necesita un gran esfuerzo para fingir algo que no eres. No pienso en la música que me gusta, pienso en la música que debería gustarme. Cuando tuve una novia, traté de convencerla de que era el hombre que ella quería que fuera. Cuando estoy en una multitud, me quedo en la retaguardia hasta que pueda encontrar la manera de hacerlos reír. Por suerte, si hay una cosa que se me da bien, es fingir y mentir.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

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

Fuente: Black Heart

„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

Fuente: Ironside

„Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.“

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

Fuente: White Cat

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

—  Holly Black, libro White Cat

Fuente: 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

Fuente: 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

Fuente: Tithe

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

—  Holly Black, libro Red Glove

Fuente: Red Glove

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

—  Holly Black, libro Red Glove

Fuente: Red Glove

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

—  Holly Black

Fuente: 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

Fuente: 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

Fuente: 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

Fuente: Tithe

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

—  Holly Black, libro The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

Fuente: The Coldest Girl in Coldtown

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

—  Holly Black, libro Red Glove

Fuente: Red Glove