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She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
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Tremble
Touching
Despair
Became
Knew
Desire
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