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Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Twice
Clever
Devil
Pretty
Beauty

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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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But the Courts aren't places humans are supposed to be, especially the Unseelie Court. Most faeries won't even go there. We have to go - we have to get Ravus's heart. He's going to die if we don't. what are we going to do? Go down there and ask for it? Pretty much.
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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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He looks like the good boy he's never been.
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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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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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I like all the things that make you monstrous.
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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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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
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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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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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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 makes you a different person, to not have a past. It eats away at who you are, until what’s left is all construct, all artifice.
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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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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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I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.
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You better get over here with my car,” Grandad says. “Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it.” “Sorry,” I say contritely. Then the rest of what he said sinks in and I laugh. “Wait, did you just threaten me with calling the police? Because that I’d like to see.
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I need your help, says the tiny figure. Her voice is sad and soft and sounds like Lila's, but with an odd accent that might just be how cats sound when they talk.
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I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you wanting them. Sometimes I actually think it makes the wanting worse
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