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They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
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Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army, says the minister. Now he marches with the angels.
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God, I hate you,” she says. “So much. Why do boys think that it will be better to lie and tell a girl how much they loved her and how they only dumped her for her own good? That they only tried to rearrange her brain for her own good? Does it make you feel better, Cassel? Does it? Because from my perspective, it really sucks.
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Every plan is a house of cards.
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He looks like the good boy he's never been.
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It's okay, he informs me. Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker. If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.
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I don't want to be a vampire' she told herself. But in her dreams, she kind of did.-Tana Bach-page 29-chapter 4
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He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.
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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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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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Tana. In all my long life, though there were many times I prayed for it, no one has ever saved me. No one but you.
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She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn.
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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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Ruthless. That’s my girl.
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To remind me, pain is the best teacher
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It's starting to sink in, Corny said. I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall.
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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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I would remain nearer you for what time there is. Gone in one faerie sigh, she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. I can hold my breath.
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Greg stands up, wiping his mouth. I saw your mother's trial in the paper, Sharpe. I know you're just like her. If I was, I would make you beg to blow me, I sneer.
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I wonder about death, I who may never know it. It looks much like ecstacy, the way they open their mouths as they drown, the way their fingers dig into your skin. Their eyes are wide and startled and they trash in your hands as though with an excess of passion.
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I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.
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