She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for.
Holly BlackWe are, largely, who we remember ourselves to be. That's why habits are so hard to break. If we know ourselves to be liars, we expect not to tell the truth. If we think of ourselves as honest, we try harder.
Holly BlackBeing infected, being a vampire, itโ s always you. Maybe itโ s more you than ever before. Itโ s you as you always were, deep down inside.
Holly BlackOccasionally, there are battles in the sky. One likes to imagine the angels are always triumphant. One does not like to think of the ancient and terrible scales balancing the infernal and divine as wobbling back and forth. Tilting freely, to and fro. One does not like to think that sometimes it is the angel that falls.
Holly Black