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For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Crutch
Crutches
Curse
Everything

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She took a deep breath, Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing? His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, yes, he said finally. -Tana and Gavriel-page 33- chapter 5
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If you keep it, Daneca says, he'll have his claws in you. Everyone has their claws in me. Everyone.
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You don't have to protect these people, Cassel. I am these people.
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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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She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own.
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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 need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.
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No, said Luis, You can't date the Lord of the Night Court. Well, I'm not, he dumped me. You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court. Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.
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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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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
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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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It is my belief that books are living things.
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I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you wanting them. Sometimes I actually think it makes the wanting worse
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She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn.
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The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.
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Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.
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