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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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New Jersey
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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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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To remind me, pain is the best teacher
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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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Jones looks like he wants to slug me, which is only subtly different from his usual way of looking at me like I'm a slug.
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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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You set me up, I say. One big con. You can't blame me because I turned out not to be gullible enough. You can't blame the mark. That's not how it works. Have some respect for the nature of the game.
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He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.
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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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