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It's the flaw that brings out the beauty.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Flaw
Flaws
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Beauty

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She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.
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There is nothing for her beyond those gates, Gavriel said. Do you think to bring her along like a talisman to remind you of your humanity? Or do you think sharing your damnation will lighten the burden of it?
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He was saying that the end of the world wasn't an accident it was a joke.
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Nevermore, Lolli said. That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.
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Farewell, Father, she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.
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I love you, you see...and I fear I have no way to say or show it that isn't terrible, except coming here. I would kill everyone in the world for you, if you wanted.......Or not obviously
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I thought you needed to be tougher. But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants.
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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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Don't be drinking the Haterade.
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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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I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact. I'm not scared of being spoiled, Val said.
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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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He looks like the good boy he's never been.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. There’s nothing quite as funny as someone else’s misery.
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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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The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended.
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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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The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway.
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Can't get away from your own self.
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