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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
Messy
Uncomfortable
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Lies
Lying
Truth
People
Preferring

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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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You in trouble?” Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.
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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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Some promises aren’t worth keeping.
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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 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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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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You really dug your own grave,” he mutters. “And I’m going to bury you in it.” “Say that louder,” I tell him, under my breath. “I dare you.
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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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Don't be drinking the Haterade.
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