Holly Black
Holly Black
Holly Black née Riggenbachis an American writer and editor best known for The Spiderwick Chronicles, a series of children's fantasy books she created with writer and illustrator Tony DiTerlizzi, and a trilogy of Young Adult novels officially called the Modern Faerie Tales trilogy. Her 2013 novel Doll Bones was named a Newbery Medal honor book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChildren's Author
Date of Birth10 November 1971
CityWest Long Branch, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
If curiosity killed the cat, it was satisfaction that brought it back.
This, the language of deception, we both understand. We were born to it, along with the curses.
The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.
I can learn to live with guilt. I don't care about being good.
They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.
She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.
I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.
Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.
Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
Can't get away from your own self.
You are the only thing I have that is neither duty nor obligation, the only thing I chose for myself. The only thing I want.
You can always count on your family to love you. And to betray you. And then to feel guilty about it.
You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.
She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn.