I canโt help feeling a little bit competitive and a little bit disappointed in myself that Iโm already so far behind. After all, Yulikova thinks Barron has a real future with the Bureau. She told me so. I told her that sociopaths are relentlessly charming. I think she figured I was joking.
Holly BlackShe was the epic crush of my childhood. She was the tragedy that made me look inside myself and see my corrupt heart. She was my sin and my salvation, come back from the grave to change me forever. Again. Back then, when she sat on my bed and told me she loved me, I wanted her as much as I have ever wanted anything.
Holly BlackThereโs something about herโCassel, I have met many evil men and women in my life. I have made deals with them, drank with them. I have done things that I myself have difficulty reconcilingโterrible things. But I have never known anyone like your mother. She is a person without limitsโor if she has any, she hasnโt found them yet. She never needs to reconcile anything.
Holly BlackGod, I hate you,โ she says. โSo much. Why do boys think that it will be better to lie and tell a girl how much they loved her and how they only dumped her for her own good? That they only tried to rearrange her brain for her own good? Does it make you feel better, Cassel? Does it? Because from my perspective, it really sucks.
Holly Black