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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
Clever
Devil
Pretty
Beauty
Twice

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I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to.
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I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts.
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A man may daydream of how he would spend a million dollars, but playing the same game with a billion dollars sours the fantasy. There are too many possibilities. The house he once wished for with all his heart is suddenly too small. The travel, too cheap. He wanted to visit an island. Now he contemplates buying one.
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This is never going to be over,” I shout. “Someone will always be after me. There’s always consequences. Well, BRING IT. I am done with being afraid, and I am done with you.
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Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end.
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A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings.
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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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They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.
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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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The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended.
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I thought you needed to be tougher. But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants.
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She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she’ll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes.
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I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.
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Death’s favorites don’t die.
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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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Pet the cat dude, says Sam. She brought you a present. She wants you to tell her how badass she is. You are a tiny tiny killing machine. Daneca coos. What's she doing? I ask. Purring! says Daneca. She sounds delighted. Good kitty. Who's an amazing killing machine? That's right. You are! You are a brutal brutal tiny lion! Yes, y
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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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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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