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I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Seems
Like
Calls
Dying
Growing
Everyone
Hate

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It’s hard to look at Barron now, but I do. He’s smirking. His black hair and black suit make him into a shadow, as if I conjured some dark mirror of myself.
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He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.
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A stray dog, I might understand, she said. But this? You are too softhearted. No, Mabry, Ravus said. I am not. He looked in Val's direction. I think she wants to die. Maybe you can help her after all, Mabry said. You're good at helping people die.
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It's starting to sink in, Corny said. I can almost look at you without wanting to bang my head against the wall.
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