The Modern Faerie Tales Quotes

“It’s the flaw that brings out beauty.”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“When a man tells you he’s going to hurt you, believe it. They always warn you and they’re always right.”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“Kaye wondered if everyone felt like there was a monster underneath their skin. It was obvious that the relief wasn’t the largest part of what he felt. It was obvious that he was in pain, that he’d been crying. And yet it was what he was dwelling on, an imperfect mourning.”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“Hell is oneself, Hell is alone. —T. S. ELIOT”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“I shall have peace, as leafy trees are peaceful When rain bends down the bough; And I shall be more silent and cold-hearted Than you are now. —SARA TEASDALE, “I SHALL NOT CARE”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“All human beings should try and learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. —JAMES THURBER”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“hibachi.”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“neophobic”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“Polyhymnia’s”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“psychopomp.”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside

“For I have sworn thee fair, and thought thee bright, Who art as black as hell, as dark as night. —WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, SONNET CXLVII”
― Holly Black, The Modern Faerie Tales: Tithe; Valiant; Ironside