"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 (Ironside)

"What an author doesn't know could fill a book."
— Holly Black (Lucinda's Secret)

"She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone-desire so acute that it became despair. "
— Holly Black (Ironside)

"Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks."
— Holly Black (Ironside)

"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 (Tithe)

"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 (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 (Ironside)

"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 (Kin)

"you have carried my heart in your hands tonight but I have felt as if you carried it long before that"
— Holly Black (Valiant)

"Can't get away from your own self."
— Holly Black (Lucinda's Secret)

"They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins."
— Holly Black (Ironside)

""I would remain nearer you for what time there is."
"Gone in a faerie sigh," She quoted.
Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. "I can hold my breath.""
— Holly Black (Valiant)

" "We got it." Val grinned and lifted her fist. "Wonder twin powers activate!"
Ruth grinned back, knocking her fist into Val's. "Shape of two fucking lunatics.""
— Holly Black (Valiant)

"I like him, he thought in horror,...shit. I like him."
— Holly Black (Ironside)

"If I'm not a murderer," asked Corny, "how come I keep killing people?"
— Holly Black (Ironside)

"Cruddy Mouthbreather"
— Holly Black

"I swear to fucking God, I will spray you again,"
— Holly Black (Ironside)