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Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Twice
Clever
Devil
Pretty
Beauty

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I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria. But actually trusting someone when they have nothing to gain from me just doesn't make sense. All friendships are negotiations of power.
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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings.
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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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It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules. Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. Guess what? I'm a worker.
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It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster? Everything.
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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.
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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 need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.
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Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.
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I don't lie, I lied.
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Don't be drinking the Haterade.
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He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.
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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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Can't get away from your own self.
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Every plan is a house of cards.
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You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more.
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Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
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Sam: You know what I wish? Cassel: What? Sam: That someone would covert my bed into a robot that would fight other bed robots to the death for me.
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Farewell, Father, she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.
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