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The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate. They will find the bit and the bridle that fits your mouth and will make you yield.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
United States
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She was the epic crush of my childhood. She was the tragedy that made me look inside myself and see my corrupt heart. She was my sin and my salvation, come back from the grave to change me forever. Again. Back then, when she sat on my bed and told me she loved me, I wanted her as much as I have ever wanted anything.
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You're a pretty cool customer, huh? says Agent Hunt. I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage. Agent Hunt looks like he would like to put his fist through my stoic visage.
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You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.
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You don't have to protect these people, Cassel. I am these people.
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A stray dog, I might understand, she said. But this? You are too softhearted. No, Mabry, Ravus said. I am not. He looked in Val's direction. I think she wants to die. Maybe you can help her after all, Mabry said. You're good at helping people die.
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My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.
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She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.
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You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet.
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It's not that I don't know that it's a bad idea. It's that, lately, bad ideas have a particular hold over me.
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I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen.
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He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. There’s nothing quite as funny as someone else’s misery.
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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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He looks like the good boy he's never been.
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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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I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts.
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