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You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
United States
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You are the best kind of killer, Cassel Sharpe, the kind that never has blood on his hands. The kind that never has to sicken at the sight of what he's done, or come to like it too much.
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The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate. They will find the bit and the bridle that fits your mouth and will make you yield.
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Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army, says the minister. Now he marches with the angels.
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Don't be drinking the Haterade.
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I’m Lila, and yes, he’s crazy. But you must have noticed that before now. He was crazy back when I knew him, and he’s obviously gotten crazier over time.
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I can’t help feeling a little bit competitive and a little bit disappointed in myself that I’m already so far behind. After all, Yulikova thinks Barron has a real future with the Bureau. She told me so. I told her that sociopaths are relentlessly charming. I think she figured I was joking.
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules. Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. Guess what? I'm a worker.
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It’s just that you go so crazy being alone like that. Sometimes he’d forget my water or food and I’d cry and cry and cry.” She stops talking and looks out the window. “I would try to tell myself stories to pass the time. Fairy tales. Parts of books. But they got used up.
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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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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.
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Death’s favorites don’t die.
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He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.
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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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Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.
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Some promises aren’t worth keeping.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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