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She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Loves
Ocean
Air
Serene
Felt
Brutality
Power
Wet
Electric
Breath
Breaths

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I'm not very good at explaining things, she said. But I think you have beautiful eyes. I love the gold in them. I love that they're different from my eyes- I see mine all the time and I'm bored with them.
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I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.
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He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.
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