His eyes look too bright, the way the do in people who are in love, people who are enraged, and people who are completely bonkers.
Holly BlackEven from the beginning, that was the problem. People liked pretty things. People even liked pretty things that wanted to kill and eat them.
Holly BlackAfter that, she wasn't sure what the game was or if she'd imagined it. All she knew was that she had lost.
Holly BlackShe says that what you did was a cry for help." "It was," I say. "That's why I was yelling 'Heeeelp!' I don't really go in for subtlety.
Holly BlackIsn't every hero aware of all the terrible reason they did those good deeds?" Aware of every mistake they ever made and how good people got hurt because of their decisions? Don't they recall the moments they weren't heroic at all? The moments where their heroism led to more deaths than deliberate villainy ever could?
Holly Black