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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: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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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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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
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You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet.
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Some promises aren’t worth keeping.
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I survive at the edge of friends circles.
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Can't get away from your own self.
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whatever you love, that is your weakness
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Life is like licking Honey from a Thorn
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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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We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.
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It is my belief that books are living things.
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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 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 stray dog, I might understand, she said. But this? You are too softhearted. No, Mabry, Ravus said. I am not. He looked in Val's direction. I think she wants to die. Maybe you can help her after all, Mabry said. You're good at helping people die.
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Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.
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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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