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She’s an old lady,” Barron says. “And she’s been locked up for years. Let her have some fun. She needs to blow off steam. Seduce old dudes. Lose money at canasta.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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New Jersey
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God, I hate you,” she says. “So much. Why do boys think that it will be better to lie and tell a girl how much they loved her and how they only dumped her for her own good? That they only tried to rearrange her brain for her own good? Does it make you feel better, Cassel? Does it? Because from my perspective, it really sucks.
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If we have to be cat burglars, I'm going to see what' to steal in the fridge. We're trying to find evidence she's the poisoner. Just a thought before you start putting random things in your mouth. Ruth shrugged and walked past Val.
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whatever you love, that is your weakness
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He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. There’s nothing quite as funny as someone else’s misery.
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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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It's starting to sink in, Corny said. I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall.
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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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If you keep it, Daneca says, he'll have his claws in you. Everyone has their claws in me. Everyone.
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For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.
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I haven't had a very good day. I think I might still be hung over and everyone's dead and my root beer's gone.
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