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If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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New Jersey
United States
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If we have to be cat burglars, I'm going to see what' to steal in the fridge. We're trying to find evidence she's the poisoner. Just a thought before you start putting random things in your mouth. Ruth shrugged and walked past Val.
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She wears trouble like a crown. If she ever falls in love, she’ll fall like a comet, burning the sky as she goes.
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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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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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She loves the serene brutality of the ocean, loves the electric power she felt with each breath of wet, briny air.
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You don't have to protect these people, Cassel. I am these people.
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A man may daydream of how he would spend a million dollars, but playing the same game with a billion dollars sours the fantasy. There are too many possibilities. The house he once wished for with all his heart is suddenly too small. The travel, too cheap. He wanted to visit an island. Now he contemplates buying one.
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It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster? Everything.
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My head is pounding. I wish the mints were aspirin.
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The more powerful you become, the more others will find ways to master you. They'll do it through those you love and those you hate. They will find the bit and the bridle that fits your mouth and will make you yield.
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army, says the minister. Now he marches with the angels.
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The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.
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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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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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No, said Luis, You can't date the Lord of the Night Court. Well, I'm not, he dumped me. You can't get dumped by the lord of the night court. Oh, yes, you can. You so completely can.
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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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It's okay, he informs me. Your grandfather is teaching me how to play poker. If I know Grandad, that means what he'll really be teaching Sam is how to cheat.
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I need your help, says the tiny figure. Her voice is sad and soft and sounds like Lila's, but with an odd accent that might just be how cats sound when they talk.
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Mutually assured destruction.
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