Girls like her, my grandfather once warned me, girls like her turn into women with eyes like bullet holes and mouths made of knives. They are always restless. They are always hungry. They are bad news. They will drink you down like a shot of whisky. Falling in love with them is like falling down a flight of stairs. What no one told me, with all those warnings, is that even after youโve fallen, even after you know how painful it is, youโd still get in line to do it again.
Holly BlackThis is never going to be over,โ I shout. โSomeone will always be after me. Thereโs always consequences. Well, BRING IT. I am done with being afraid, and I am done with you.
Holly BlackShe wants me to take out Patton.โ Barronโs brows draw together. โTake out? As in transform him?โ โNo,โ I say. โAs in take out to dinner. She thinks weโd make a good couple.
Holly BlackIโve stripped my life down,โ he told me. โI donโt need much. I have all the company I want to keep right in here.โ He shot himself in the head with his fingers. โPeople donโt understand about the need to live simply. They make appointments all day. They even schedule their own deaths. The first time theyโll have freedom to really be themselves is when they no longer exist. But up here, thereโs nothing but me and the sky. A million billion stars.
Holly Black