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“Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It's disgusting, and I can't stop.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Have I told you how hideous you look tonight?â€� Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his words turning the question into something like a compliment.
“No� I say, glad to be annoyed back into the present. “Tell me.�
"I can't.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“So I am to sit here and feed you information,â€� Cardan says, leaning against a hickory tree. “And you’re to go charm royalty? That seems entirely backward.â€�
I fix him with a look. “I can be charming. I charmed you, didn’t I?�
He rolls his eyes. “Do not expect others to share my depraved tastes.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I am going to keep on defying you. I am going to shame you with my defiance. You remind me that I am a mere mortal and you are a prince of Faerie. Well, let me remind you that means you have much to lose and I have nothing. You may win in the end, you may ensorcell me and hurt me and humiliate me, but I will make sure you lose everything I can take from you on the way down. I promise you this is the least of what I can do.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Clap her in chains," says Randalin.
Never have I so wished there was a way for me to show I was telling the truth. But there isn't. No oath of mine carries any weight.
I feel a guard's hand close on my arm. Then Cardan's voice comes.
"Do not touch her."
A terrible silence follows. I wait for him to pronounce judgement on me. Whatever he commands will be done. His power is absolute. I don't even have the strength to fight back.
"Whatever can you mean?" Randalin says. "She's-"
"She is my wife," Cardan says, his voice carrying over the crowd.
"The rightful High Queen of Elfhame. And most definitely not in exile.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“Show your power by appearing powerless.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Let's have a toast. To the incompetence of our enemies.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Sharpen your heart.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Guard your mortal heart.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Wait!â€� I turn and put my hands in the air. The figure halts. “The dead Mask in the desert,â€� I say. “You did that?â€� “A message for you, little singer,â€� the woman rasps. “So you wouldn’t be stupid enough to fight me. Don’t feel badly about it. He was a murderer and a rapist. He deserved to die. Which reminds me.â€� She tilts her head. “The girl—Laia. Don’t touch her. If any harm comes to her, no force in this land will stop me from gutting you. Slowly.â€� With that, she is moving again. I leap up and unsheathe my blade. Too late. The woman is through the open window and scuttling away across the rooftops. But not before I catch sight of her face—hardened by hatred, mangled beyond belief, and instantly recognizable. The Commandant’s slave. The one who is supposed to be dead. The one everyone called Cook.”
― Sabaa Tahir, A Torch Against the Night

“If I cannot be better than them, I will become so much worse.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Be as victorious as the name I have given you, and bring the desert to its knees.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Promise me,â€� Yasmine said softly, “that if you die, you will die fighting to return to me.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Monsters preferred solitude.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“A thousand leagues and a thousand sands. For you, a thousand times I would defy the sun.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“A life without purpose may be no life, but a life without love is nothing but an existence.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Love is for children, said the girl.
Death is for fools, said the shadow.
Darkness is my destiny, said the boy.
Allegiance is my undoing, said the eagle.
Suffering is our fate, said the beauty.
And they were all horribly wrong.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“A monster. For a monster will always be enslaved to a master.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“He didn't live. He existed. And no one understood the difference between the two until they ceased to live.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Sometimes, when you live a life of captivity, trapped for so long, freedom becomes a thing to fear.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“All rightâ€� is when you’re bleeding black but it’s not as bad as bleeding red. When the world crashes but you’re not alone when it does. When the darkness is absolute but you hunt down the smallest flame and coax it brighter. When you carve the good out of every bad and claim it a victory.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“Knowledge without action is vanity, but action without knowledge is insanity.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“The first step to getting anywhere is believing you can.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“If you want me obedient, prince, kill me and carry my corpse.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“His mother used to say that a person without hope was a body without a soul.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“That does not mean I cannot love a monster”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“If you're going to save the world, you might as well do it in style!”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Hunt the Flame

“If you hurt her—â€�
“If I hurt her, I will bring every weapon at my disposal and lay them at your feet for you to do to me what you will. If I hurt her, I will no sooner carve out my own heart than dare draw breath again.�
She was silent.
“Do you understand?� he prompted.
“You love her.�
No, he did not love her. The word for what he felt for Zafira bint Iskandar did not yet exist.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“You'll have me. No matter how thick the night, I will always be there to light your way.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars

“They say the soul cannot rest until it finds its match. Then it ignites.”
― Hafsah Faizal, We Free the Stars