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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
Beauty
Twice
Clever
Devil
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She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own.
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If we have to be cat burglars, I'm going to see what' to steal in the fridge. We're trying to find evidence she's the poisoner. Just a thought before you start putting random things in your mouth. Ruth shrugged and walked past Val.
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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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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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It’s hard to look at Barron now, but I do. He’s smirking. His black hair and black suit make him into a shadow, as if I conjured some dark mirror of myself.
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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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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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After that, she wasn't sure what the game was or if she'd imagined it. All she knew was that she had lost.
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He was saying that the end of the world wasn't an accident it was a joke.
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You are more dangerous than daybreak.
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Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.
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Let her alone,' said the enkanto, 'or I will curse you blind, lame, and worse.' The old man laughed. 'I'm a curse breaker, fool.' The elf grabbed one of the Jim Beam bottles from the table and slammed it down, so that he was holding a jagged glass neck. The elf smiled a very thin smile. 'Then I won't bother with magic.
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I don't lie, I lied.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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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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The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.
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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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Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
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He must have been handsome when he was alive and was handsome still, although made monstrous by his pallor and her awareness of what he was. His mouth looked soft, his cheekbones as sharp as blades, and his jaw curved, giving him an off-kilter beauty. His black hair a mad forest of dirty curls.
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You don't have to protect these people, Cassel. I am these people.
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