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She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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New Jersey
United States
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I wonder about death, I who may never know it. It looks much like ecstacy, the way they open their mouths as they drown, the way their fingers dig into your skin. Their eyes are wide and startled and they trash in your hands as though with an excess of passion.
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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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I drive him to school, then I break back into Barron's house. I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen. Then I go home and shave until my skin is as slick as any slickster's.
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You really dug your own grave,” he mutters. “And I’m going to bury you in it.” “Say that louder,” I tell him, under my breath. “I dare you.
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