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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.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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Mutually assured destruction.
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Clever girl. You play with fire because you want to be burnt.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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I'm not very good at explaining things, she said. But I think you have beautiful eyes. I love the gold in them. I love that they're different from my eyes- I see mine all the time and I'm bored with them.
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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she’ll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes.
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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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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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I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to.
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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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Allow me to explain how my whole life has prepared me for this moment. I am used to girls screaming, and your screams – will be sweeter than another’s cries of love.
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Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.
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For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.
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