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I envy what I fear and hate what I envy.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Corny
Envy
Hate
Fear

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She’s an old lady,” Barron says. “And she’s been locked up for years. Let her have some fun. She needs to blow off steam. Seduce old dudes. Lose money at canasta.
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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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Mutually assured destruction.
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Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.
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You both ... you both saved me? Come on, said Luis. You make it sound like it was hard for Val to go to the Unseelie Court, strike a deal with Roiben, challenge Mabry to a duel, win back your heart, and then get back here during rush hour.
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He looks like the good boy he's never been.
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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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My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.
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She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.
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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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Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end.
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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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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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She didn't know how much she'd been hoping that he still loved her, until she felt how much it hurt to realize he didn't.
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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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