Death Quote by Holly Black — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Have I told you how hideous you look tonight?” Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his words turning the question into something like a compliment.”

“Telling Sam and Daneca feels like peeling off my own skin to expose everything underneath. It hurts.”

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

“This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses.”

“Well, even if the serpent bites off your head,” says Tatterfell, “the rest of you will still look good.”

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

“Ich werde stehen und warten.”

“If we knew a person was going to die, we'd hold harder to the memories.”

“The more mental effort he made the clearer he saw that it was undoubtedly so: that he had really forgotten and overlooked one little circumstance in life - that Death would come and end everything, so that it was useless to begin anything, and that there was no help for it, Yes it was terrible but true”

“Shinji slowly fell forward onto his face. Debris bounced up on impact. It took less than thirty seconds for the rest of his body to die. The memento of his beloved uncle--the earring worn by the woman he loved--was now stained with the blood running down Shinji's left ear, reflecting the glow from the red flames of the farm building.”

“Yes, Max, you are going to die. Just like everybody else.”

“To lose someone you love is the very worst thing in the world. It creates an invisible hole that you feel you are falling down and will never end. People you love make the world real and solid and when they suddenly go away forever, nothing feels solid any more.”