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Don't be drinking the Haterade.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Drinking

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My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.
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If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.
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I survive at the edge of friends circles.
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After that, she wasn't sure what the game was or if she'd imagined it. All she knew was that she had lost.
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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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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
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It's okay, he informs me. Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker. If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.
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Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
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A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings.
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One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the noise, and came and shot the two dead boys.
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You set me up, I say. One big con. You can't blame me because I turned out not to be gullible enough. You can't blame the mark. That's not how it works. Have some respect for the nature of the game.
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It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster? Everything.
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I’m Lila, and yes, he’s crazy. But you must have noticed that before now. He was crazy back when I knew him, and he’s obviously gotten crazier over time.
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She can’t help it. She loves the con. I tell myself I’m not like her, but I have to admit I love it too.
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A stray dog, I might understand, she said. But this? You are too softhearted. No, Mabry, Ravus said. I am not. He looked in Val's direction. I think she wants to die. Maybe you can help her after all, Mabry said. You're good at helping people die.
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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 second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.
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Memory is slippery. It bends to our understanding of the world, twists to accommodate our prejudices. It is unreliable. Witnesses seldom remember the same things. They identify the wrong people. They give us the details of events that never happened. Memory is slippery, but my memories suddenly feel slipperier.
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She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.
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I don't lie, I lied.
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