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I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
United States
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Mutually assured destruction.
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A girl like that, Grandad said, perfumes herself with ozone and metal filings.
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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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You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet.
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She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.
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