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I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
United States
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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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Let her alone,' said the enkanto, 'or I will curse you blind, lame, and worse.' The old man laughed. 'I'm a curse breaker, fool.' The elf grabbed one of the Jim Beam bottles from the table and slammed it down, so that he was holding a jagged glass neck. The elf smiled a very thin smile. 'Then I won't bother with magic.
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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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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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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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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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And stupid. Brave and Stupid. Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. But nothing can stop you from being terrible once you've learned how.
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I like all the things that make you monstrous.
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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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To remind me, pain is the best teacher
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended.
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No, said Luis, You can't date the Lord of the Night Court. Well, I'm not, he dumped me. You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court. Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.
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Some promises aren’t worth keeping.
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If I'm not a murderer, asked Corny, how come I keep killing people?
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Every plan is a house of cards.
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Mutually assured destruction.
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His eyes look too bright, the way the do in people who are in love, people who are enraged, and people who are completely bonkers.
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