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He looks like the good boy he's never been.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Looks
Good
Never
Like
Boys

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A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings.
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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules. Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. Guess what? I'm a worker.
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We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.
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You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.
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Nevermore, Lolli said. That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.
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It's starting to sink in, Corny said. I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall.
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Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army, says the minister. Now he marches with the angels.
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But if you didn't believe in monsters, then how were you going to be able to keep safe from them?
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She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for.
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I got bored, he says. Besides, you know what's creepier than walking around your dead brothers' apartment? Sitting alone in a hearse in front of his apartment.
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Don't be drinking the Haterade.
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She wants me to take out Patton.” Barron’s brows draw together. “Take out? As in transform him?” “No,” I say. “As in take out to dinner. She thinks we’d make a good couple.
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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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whatever you love, that is your weakness
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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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Allow me to explain how my whole life has prepared me for this moment. I am used to girls screaming, and your screams – will be sweeter than another’s cries of love.
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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 would remain nearer you for what time there is. Gone in one faerie sigh, she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. I can hold my breath.
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Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.
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