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She can’t help it. She loves the con. I tell myself I’m not like her, but I have to admit I love it too.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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Kaye: You know what the sun looks like? Janet: No, What? Kaye: Like he slit his wrists in a bathtub and the blood is all over the water. Janet: That's gross, Kaye. Kaye: And the moon is just watching. She's just watching him die. She must have driven him to it.
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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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Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.
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It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules. Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. Guess what? I'm a worker.
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Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army, says the minister. Now he marches with the angels.
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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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To remind me, pain is the best teacher
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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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I like all the things that make you monstrous.
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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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A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.
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You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more.
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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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He must have been handsome when he was alive and was handsome still, although made monstrous by his pallor and her awareness of what he was. His mouth looked soft, his cheekbones as sharp as blades, and his jaw curved, giving him an off-kilter beauty. His black hair a mad forest of dirty curls.
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You better get over here with my car,” Grandad says. “Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it.” “Sorry,” I say contritely. Then the rest of what he said sinks in and I laugh. “Wait, did you just threaten me with calling the police? Because that I’d like to see.
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Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end.
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I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.
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You in trouble?” Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.
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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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