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#301

“If you’re the sickness, I suppose you can’t also be the cure.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

#302

“He looks up at me with his night-colored eyes, beautiful and terrible all at once. “For a moment,” he says, “I wondered if it wasn’t you shooting bolts at me.”

I make a face at him. “And what made you decide it wasn’t?”

He grins up at me. “They missed.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: missed, shooting

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#303

“Kill him before he makes you love him.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#304

“If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#305

“Yes, my great villan, my darling god. I will be as sober as a stone carving, just as soon as I can”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: cardan-greenbriar, jude-duarte

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#306

“Yes, my sweet villain, my darling god… Sweet Jude. You are my dearest punishment”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#307

“The point of a fight is not to have a good fight, it’s to win.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: fight, win

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#308

“The disturbing thing about Cardan is how well he plays the fool to disguise his own cleverness.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: cardan-greenbriar, clever

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#309

“And the single last thing in my head: that I like him better than I've ever liked anyone and that of all the things he's ever done to me, making me like him so much is by far the worst.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#310

“Your ridiculous family might be surprised to find that not everything is solved by murder,” Locke calls after me.

“We would be surprised to find that,” I call back.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#311

“It is said we learn more from our failures than our successes.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: failure, learn, success

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#312

“The Folk doubtlessly learned this lesson long ago. They do not need to deceive humans. Humans will deceive themselves.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: deceive, humans, lesson

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#313

“Watching my back is the perfect opportunity to stick a knife in it.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: backstabbing, life, stab

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#314

“His mouth curls into a smile. His eyes shine with wicked intent. “Look at them all, your subjects. A shame not a one knows who their true ruler is.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#315

“I’ve wanted this and feared it, and now that it’s happening, I don’t know how I will ever want anything else.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#316

“Nicasia said that as mortal power grows, land and sea ought to be united. And that they would be, either in the way she hoped or the way I should fear.”

“Ominous,” I say.

“It seems I have a singular taste for women who threaten me.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: marriage, mortal, ominous, power, threaten, women

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#317

“It was good to be hugged. Even by a monster.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: dependence, monster, vulnerability

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#318

“I kissed him on the mouth, and then I threatened to kiss him some more if he didn't do exactly what I wanted.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: jude-duarte, power

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#319

“He continues looking at me in this strange way, as though he’s never seen me before or as though he thought he might never see me again.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#320

“He hates you. Even if he wants you, he hates you. Maybe he hates you the more for it.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#321

“I remember what it was to hate him with the whole of my heart, but I’ve remembered too late.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#322

“Yeah, Cardan should definitely trust you more. You seem really trustworthy. It's not like you're actually currently betraying him.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: snark

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#323

“I need to make her realize that even terrible memories are better than weird gaps or the hollowness of your feelings not making sense.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: memory

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#324

“Cardan’s eyebrows rise, but he has all the appearance of blissful unconcern. “My lady, you flatter me. I had no idea you were interested.”

Her gaze is unflinching as she passes her gift to one of Cardan’s personal guard. “May you grow into the wisdom of your counselors.”

“The fervent prayer of many,” he says.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: flattery, prayer, wisdom

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#325

“¨Jude Duarte, you will leave the High Kings side,¨ Balekin says. At that tone, Cardan´s focus narrows. ¨She will not,¨ he says.
Page 287”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: cardan-greenbriar, jude-duarte, judecardan

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#326

“I have heard that for mortals, the feeling of falling in love is very like the feeling of fear.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#327

“...nothing I could do to you will be as terrible as what you'll do to yourself.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: glamoured, holly-black, jude, jude-duarte, nicasia, terrible, the-folk-of-the-air, the-wicked-king, villain

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#328

“She didnt have to command me, Jude. She didnt have to use any magic. I trust you. I trusted you.
Page 300”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: cardan-greenbriar, jude-duarte, judecardan

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#329

“Perhaps I am foolish, but I am not a fool.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

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#330

“my pretty face” … “such flattery. I cheated you out of a crown, so I guess I can allow for some hard feelings. Especially when they come with a compliment. Just don’t try me again”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

tags: compliment, insult

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