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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
Flaws
Brings
Beauty
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If I'm not a murderer, asked Corny, how come I keep killing people?
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You okay? Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.
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I don't lie, I lied.
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And stupid. Brave and Stupid. Ravus smiled, but then his smile sagged. But nothing can stop you from being terrible once you've learned how.
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If we have to be cat burglars, I'm going to see what' to steal in the fridge. We're trying to find evidence she's the poisoner. Just a thought before you start putting random things in your mouth. Ruth shrugged and walked past Val.
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She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.
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Every plan is a house of cards.
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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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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 a powerful being... a wizard, Corny said. So don't try anything. Yes, said the little faery, blinking black eyes rapidly. No. Try nothing.
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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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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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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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It is my belief that books are living things.
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Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.
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Yeah, the whole family knows. It's no big deal. One night at dinner I said, 'Mom, you know the forbidden love that Spock has for Kirk? Well, me too.' It was easier for her to understand that way.
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For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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Refills are free,” the waitress tells us with a frown, like she’s hoping we’re not the kind of people who ask for endless refills. I am already pretty sure we are exactly those people.
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