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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
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Wondered
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She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair.
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Keep going' she told herself, 'Don't look back.' But she looked anyways.
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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You better get over here with my car,” Grandad says. “Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it.” “Sorry,” I say contritely. Then the rest of what he said sinks in and I laugh. “Wait, did you just threaten me with calling the police? Because that I’d like to see.
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You're a pretty cool customer, huh? says Agent Hunt. I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage. Agent Hunt looks like he would like to put his fist through my stoic visage.
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Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty.
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There’s people who do things and people who never do—who say they will someday, but they just don’t. I want to go on a quest. I’ve always wanted to go on a quest. And now that I have one, I’m not backing down from it. I’m not going home until it’s complete.
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I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria. But actually trusting someone when they have nothing to gain from me just doesn't make sense. All friendships are negotiations of power.
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You okay? Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.
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Nevermore, Lolli said. That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.
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The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.
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Mutually assured destruction.
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The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended.
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