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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

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Enough
Turned
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He must have been handsome when he was alive and was handsome still, although made monstrous by his pallor and her awareness of what he was. His mouth looked soft, his cheekbones as sharp as blades, and his jaw curved, giving him an off-kilter beauty. His black hair a mad forest of dirty curls.
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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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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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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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She can’t help it. She loves the con. I tell myself I’m not like her, but I have to admit I love it 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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