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The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) QUOTES

The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2) QUOTES

1 " Kiss me again,” he says, drunk and foolish. “Kiss me until I am sick of it. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

2 " Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

3 " Kill him before he makes you love him. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

4 " If he thought I was bad, I would be worse. If he thought I was cruel, I would be horrifying. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

5 " I hate you," I breathed into his mouth. "I hate you so much that sometimes I can't think of anything else. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

6 " If you’re the sickness, I suppose you can’t also be the cure. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

7 " His eyes are open, watching my flushed face, my ragged breathing. I try to stop myself from making embarrassing noises. It’s more intimate than the way he’s touching me, to be looked at like that. I hate that he knows what he’s doing and I don’t. I hate being vulnerable. I hate that I throw my head back, baring my throat. I hate the way I cling to him, the nails of one hand digging into his back, my thoughts splintering, and the single last thing in my head: that I like him better than I’ve ever liked anyone and that of all the things he’s ever done to me, making me like him so much is by far the worst. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

8 " The Folk doubtlessly learned this lesson long ago. They do not need to deceive humans. Humans will deceive themselves. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

9 " The point of a fight is not to have a good fight, it’s to win. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

10 " And the single last thing in my head: that I like him better than I've ever liked anyone and that of all the things he's ever done to me, making me like him so much is by far the worst. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

11 " Once upon a time, there was a human girl stolen away by faeries, and because of that, she swore to destroy them. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

12 " I have said that he has the power to deliver a compliment and make it hurt. So, too, he can say something that ought to be insulting and deliver it in such a way that it feels like being truly seen. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

13 " It is said we learn more from our failures than our successes. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

14 " Watching my back is the perfect opportunity to stick a knife in it. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

15 " I want to tell you so many lies "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

16 " I’ve wanted this and feared it, and now that it’s happening, I don’t know how I will ever want anything else. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

17 " You can take a thing when no one’s looking. But defending it, even with all the advantage on your side, is no easy task,” Madoc told her with a laugh. She looked up to find him offering her a hand. “Power is much easier to acquire than it is to hold on to. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

18 " His mouth curls into a smile. His eyes shine with wicked intent. “Look at them all, your subjects. A shame not a one knows who their true ruler is. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

19 " Why am I the way I am?” His tone makes it clear he’s proposing something I might suggest he ask, not really wondering about it. “There are no real answers, Jude. Why was I cruel to Folk? Why was I awful to you? Because I could be. Because I liked it. Because, for a moment, when I was at my worst, I felt powerful, and most of the time, I felt powerless, despite being a prince and the son of the High King of Faerie. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)

20 " It occurs to me that maybe desire isn't something overindulging helps. Maybe it is not unlike mithridatism; maybe I took a killing dose when I should have been poisoning myself slowly, one kiss at a time. "

― Holly Black , The Wicked King (The Folk of the Air, #2)