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

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Says
Flattery
Apparently
Roof
Everywhere
Except

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You really dug your own grave,” he mutters. “And I’m going to bury you in it.” “Say that louder,” I tell him, under my breath. “I dare you.
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Mutually assured destruction.
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