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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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New Jersey
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She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.
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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 was saying that the end of the world wasn't an accident it was a joke.
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If you keep it, Daneca says, he'll have his claws in you. Everyone has their claws in me. Everyone.
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I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact. I'm not scared of being spoiled, Val said.
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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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You in trouble?” Sam asks. The way he says it, I wonder if he’s thinking about how to get out of here if I am.
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whatever you love, that is your weakness
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I would remain nearer you for what time there is. Gone in one faerie sigh, she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. I can hold my breath.
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For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.
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Jones looks like he wants to slug me, which is only subtly different from his usual way of looking at me like I'm a slug.
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