Holly Black Quotes

One of my favorite things in books is watching someone make the mistake. You know it's going to happen. You keep thinking: 'Don't do it!' But of course they're going to do it. It's riveting. You learn through them that it's okay. It's the ecstatic fall, where you watch someone make that terrible decision, and there's such pleasure in it.

Holly Black

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 10, 1971

Topics

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Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

Jim Leach

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One of the founding tenets of racism: a society that will never allow white people to think that because they are white, they won't succeed.

Jenny Zhang

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I was a child when the March on Washington led by Martin Luther King occurred, and I wanted to hear what was going on. I wanted to be a part of it. I wanted to contribute in the best way I possibly could.

Andre Braugher

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A lot of times, people think 'para' as far as 'paralyzed.' 'Para' means 'alongside,' so the Paralympics are alongside the Olympics on the same courses, the same hills.

Amy Purdy

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Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself.

Soren Kierkegaard

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For a boy or girl, driving cars that they love is fun.

Luke Goss

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I wanted Jesus in 'A.D.' to be very, very, very human - to have those qualities of vulnerability and doubt and pain and sadness and loneliness. Once the resurrection happens and we see that Jesus has risen, it's almost complete, right? It's all about the joy and the smile and the happiness and the closeness to the disciples.

Juan Pablo Di Pace

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I wanted to direct more than I wanted to act. And I found I couldn't do everything.

Dinah Manoff

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24 hour broadcasts have to stretch limited material to fit 24 hours worth of space.

Drew Curtis

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People think skating would translate very easily to dancing, but it really doesn't. Dancing is a lot of fun and not as dangerous as being on the ice.

Dorothy Hamill

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I think because we could do it biologically and have our own child we decided to try this.

Cheryl Tiegs

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In Turin, I can walk through the streets of the city without any problems.

Paulo Dybala

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