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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.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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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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It's the flaw that brings out the beauty.
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I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact. I'm not scared of being spoiled, Val said.
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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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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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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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You said you were allowed to lose it,' some part of her reminded herself. 'Not yet, not yet.
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I would remain nearer you for what time there is. Gone in one faerie sigh, she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. I can hold my breath.
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Tana. In all my long life, though there were many times I prayed for it, no one has ever saved me. No one but you.
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I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.
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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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Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.
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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.
Holly Black
