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

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There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go on a quest. I’ve always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I’m not backing down from it. I’m not going home until it’s complete.
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It's starting to sink in, Corny said. I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall.
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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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I got bored, he says. Besides, you know what's creepier than walking around your dead brothers' apartment? Sitting alone in a hearse in front of his apartment.
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Ruthless. That’s my girl.
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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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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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.
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A man may daydream of how he would spend a million dollars, but playing the same game with a billion dollars sours the fantasy. There are too many possibilities. The house he once wished for with all his heart is suddenly too small. The travel, too cheap. He wanted to visit an island. Now he contemplates buying one.
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It's the flaw that brings out the beauty.
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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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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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I envy what I fear and hate what I envy.
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Sam: You know what I wish? Cassel: What? Sam: That someone would covert my bed into a robot that would fight other bed robots to the death for me.
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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 not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria. But actually trusting someone when they have nothing to gain from me just doesn't make sense. All friendships are negotiations of power.
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My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.
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She’s an old lady,” Barron says. “And she’s been locked up for years. Let her have some fun. She needs to blow off steam. Seduce old dudes. Lose money at canasta.
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