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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Flattery
Apparently
Roof
Everywhere
Except
Says

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