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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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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
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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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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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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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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 was saying that the end of the world wasn't an accident it was a joke.
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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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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.
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After that, she wasn't sure what the game was or if she'd imagined it. All she knew was that she had lost.
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I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.
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His eyes look too bright, the way the do in people who are in love, people who are enraged, and people who are completely bonkers.
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Nevermore, Lolli said. That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.
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She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.
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But if you didn't believe in monsters, then how were you going to be able to keep safe from them?
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It's okay, he informs me. Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker. If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.
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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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There is nothing for her beyond those gates, Gavriel said. Do you think to bring her along like a talisman to remind you of your humanity? Or do you think sharing your damnation will lighten the burden of it?
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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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