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The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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New Jersey
United States
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Maybe it was that nearly everyone else was dead and she felt a little bit dead too, but she figured that even a vampire deserved to be saved. Maybe she ought to leave him, but she wasn't going to.
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