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Can't get away from your own self.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
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Self

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But the Courts aren't places humans are supposed to be, especially the Unseelie Court. Most faeries won't even go there. We have to go - we have to get Ravus's heart. He's going to die if we don't. what are we going to do? Go down there and ask for it? Pretty much.
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Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.
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And stupid. Brave and Stupid. Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. But nothing can stop you from being terrible once you've learned how.
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Refills are free,” the waitress tells us with a frown, like she’s hoping we’re not the kind of people who ask for endless refills. I am already pretty sure we are exactly those people.
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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
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It is my belief that books are living things.
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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I need your help, says the tiny figure. Her voice is sad and soft and sounds like Lila's, but with an odd accent that might just be how cats sound when they talk.
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She didn't know how much she'd been hoping that he still loved her, until she felt how much it hurt to realize he didn't.
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He was saying that the end of the world wasn't an accident it was a joke.
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You are more dangerous than daybreak.
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I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact. I'm not scared of being spoiled, Val said.
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No, said Luis, You can't date the Lord of the Night Court. Well, I'm not, he dumped me. You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court. Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.
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I envy what I fear and hate what I envy.
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She can’t help it. She loves the con. I tell myself I’m not like her, but I have to admit I love it too.
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For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.
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I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you wanting them. Sometimes I actually think it makes the wanting worse
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My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.
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