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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
Lying
Truth
People
Preferring
Messy
Uncomfortable
Blame
Lies

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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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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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One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the noise, and came and shot the two dead boys.
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It's the flaw that brings out the beauty.
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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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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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The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.
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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
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This is never going to be over,” I shout. “Someone will always be after me. There’s always consequences. Well, BRING IT. I am done with being afraid, and I am done with you.
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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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You are more dangerous than daybreak.
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Death’s favorites don’t die.
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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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I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen.
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