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The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
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Messy
Uncomfortable
Blame
Lies
Lying
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People

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Keep going' she told herself, 'Don't look back.' But she looked anyways.
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Greg stands up, wiping his mouth. I saw your mother's trial in the paper, Sharpe. I know you're just like her. If I was, I would make you beg to blow me, I sneer.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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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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