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I'm a powerful being... a wizard, Corny said. So don't try anything. Yes, said the little faery, blinking black eyes rapidly. No. Try nothing.

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Blinking
Black
Wizard
Littles
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Anything
Little
Corny
Nothing
Rapidly
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A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings.
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My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.
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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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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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It’s just that you go so crazy being alone like that. Sometimes he’d forget my water or food and I’d cry and cry and cry.” She stops talking and looks out the window. “I would try to tell myself stories to pass the time. Fairy tales. Parts of books. But they got used up.
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I’m Lila, and yes, he’s crazy. But you must have noticed that before now. He was crazy back when I knew him, and he’s obviously gotten crazier over time.
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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
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If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.
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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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His eyes look too bright, the way the do in people who are in love, people who are enraged, and people who are completely bonkers.
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To remind me, pain is the best teacher
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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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