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130507b
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Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Often. It's disgusting, and I can't stop.
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jude
lust
the-cruel-prince
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Holly Black |
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b99dea3
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Nice things don't happen in storybooks. Or when they do happen, something bad happens next. Because otherwise the story would be boring, and no one would read it.
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jude
storybooks
taryn
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Holly Black |
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0a4a26b
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Let's have a toast. To the incompetence of our enemies.
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jude
madoc
the-cruel-prince
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Holly Black |
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5fc3b7b
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But kissing Locke never felt the way that kissing Cardan does, like taking a dare to run over knives, like an adrenaline strike of lightning, like the moment when you've swum too far out in the sea and there is no going back, only cold black water closing over your head.
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holly-black
jude
lust
the-cruel-prince
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Holly Black |
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610b9c9
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I love my parents' murderer; I suppose I could love anyone.
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jude
love
love-quotes
the-cruel-prince
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Holly Black |
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a6f8feb
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He's flint, you're tinder.
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flame
jude
love-story
lust
power
taryn
the-cruel-prince
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Holly Black |
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2e9011e
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"There you are," Cardan says as I take my place beside him. "How has the night been going for you? Mine has been full of dull conversation about how my head is going to find itself on a spike."
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faeries
fantasy
holly-black
i-love-them
jude
sarcastic
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Holly Black |
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d71e2cf
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"He rises from the throne. "Come, have a seat." His voice is replete with danger, lush with menace. The flowering branches have sprouted thorns so thickly that petals are barely visible. "This is what you wanted, isn't it?" he asks. "What you sacrificed everything for. Go on. It's all yours."
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jude
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Holly Black |
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4b27f88
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Cardan looks at me as though he's never seen me before. He looks at me as though no one has ever spoken to him like this. Maybe no one has.
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holly-black
jude
the-cruel-prince
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Holly Black |
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ae82988
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You have only seen the least of what I can do.
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dark
elfham
enemies
faerie
jude
mysterious
prince-cardan
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Holly Black |
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b99c19f
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Sharpen your heart.
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dark
elfham
faerie
fantasy
fiction
hollow-hall
jude
prince-cardan
young-adult
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Holly Black |
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5e09694
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"Have I told you how hideous you look tonight?" Cardan asks, leaning back in the elaborately carved chair, the warmth of his words turning the question into something like a compliment. "No" I say, glad to be annoyed back into the present. "Tell me."
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jude
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Holly Black |
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03d1570
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Whoever controls the king, controls the kingdom
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dangerous
dark
enemies
faerie
fiction
jude
prince-cardan
young-adult
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Holly Black |
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95b7703
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Guard your mortal heart.
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cruel
dangerous
dark
fantasy
jude
locke
prince-cardan
young-adult
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Holly Black |
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f32ba0e
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"You think I don't deserve him," I say to Cardan. He smiles slowly, like the moon slipping beneath the waves of the lake. "Oh no, I think you're perfect for each other."
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fair-folk
fantasy
holly-black
jude
tcp
the-cruel-prince
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Holly Black |
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7e7a09d
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Harden your heart.
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dangerous
dark
elfham
faerie
fantasy
jude
prince-cardan
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Holly Black |
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98a1f8d
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"Get down here before you're recognized." "Playing hide-and-seek under the table? Crouching in the dirt? Typical of your kind, but far beneath my dignity." He laughs unsteadily, like he expects I am going to laugh, too. I don't. I ball up my fist and punch him in the stomach, right where I know it will hurt. He staggers to his knees. The goblet drops to the dirt, making a hollow clanking sound. "Ow!" he shouts, and lets me tug him under the table."
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jude
the-cruel-prince
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Holly Black |
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13b63b3
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I forbid you from speaking aloud about your service to me. I forbid you from putting it into writing or into song. You will never tell anyone of the Roach. You will never tell anyone of any of my spies. You will never reveal their secrets, their meeting places, their safe houses. So long as I live, you will obey this.
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jude
oath
prince-dain
the-queen
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Holly Black |