I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.
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 BlackYou okay?" Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.
Holly BlackAt the end of a criminalโs life, itโs always the small mistake, the coincidence, the lark. The time we got too comfortable, the time we slipped up, the time someone aimed a little to the left. Iโve heard Grandadโs war stories a thousand times. How they finally got Mo. How Mandy almost got away. How Charlie fell. Birth to grave, we know itโll be us one day. Our tragedy is that we forget it might be someone else first.
Holly Black