Jack Of The Lakes Quotes

“Oooooooh,' says Jack, correctly interpreting my silence for a confession. 'Is he your lover? Is this a ballad we're in?'

'A murder ballad maybe,' I growl.

'No doubt, by the end,' he says. 'I wonder who will survive to compose it.”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“Have you come to gloat?' I ask, frustrated. 'To stop me?' I am not sure how powerful a kelpie is out of the water and in the shape of a man.

'To surprise you,' he says. 'Aren't surprises wonderful?”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“What do you want?' I ask, digging in my pockets. I take out the swan-shaped scissors I stole from Habetrot. 'These are pretty.'

'Put them away,' he scoffs. 'It would be an insult to be stabbed by those.'

'Then do not court that fate,' I growl softly...”
― Holly Black, The Stolen Heir

“It seems quite the trick to tell the friendly snakes from the other ones.'

'Ah,' Oak says. 'They're all friendly snakes until they bite you.”
― Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne