Thecruelprince Quotes

“The next time you want to make a point,' Jude says, 'I beg you not to make it so dramatically.'
His shoulder hurts, and she may be right about the iron poisoning. He certainly feels as though his head is swimming. But he smiles up at the trees, the looping electrical lines, the streaks of clouds.
'So long as you're begging,' he says.”
― Holly Black, How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories

“I rub a hand over my face. By the fire, a spindly, insectile faerie stirs a big pot. "You want soup, mortal? "
I shake my head.
"You want to be soup? " It asks hopefully.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“It’s you I love. I spent much of my life guarding my heart. I guarded it so we’ll that I could behave as though I didn’t have one. Even now, it’s a shabby, worm eaten, and scabrous thing. But it’s yours… you probably guessed as much… but just incase you didn’t”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince / The Wicked King / The Queen of Nothing

“I rub a hand over my face. By the fire, a spindly, insectile, faerie stirs a big pot. "You want soup, mortal? "
I shake my head.
"You want to be soup? " it asks hopefully.”
― Holly Black, The Queen of Nothing

“There's always something left to lose.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“I heard a singer begin a tune i hadn't heard before, a song of heartbreak. Of a girl who walked the earth by starlight. Who's aspect was mortal but with beauty divine. her cruelty had pierced his heart.”
― Holly Black

“Most of all I hate you because I think of you often. It's disgusting and I can't stop.

- Cardan Greenbriar, The Cruel Prince”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince

“Lo odio più di chiunque altro. Lo odio talmente tanto che qualche volta, quando lo guardo, mi manca il respiro.”
― Holly Black, The Cruel Prince