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Every plan is a house of cards.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
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New Jersey
United States
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You are the best kind of killer, Cassel Sharpe, the kind that never has blood on his hands. The kind that never has to sicken at the sight of what he's done, or come to like it too much.
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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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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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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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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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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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After that, she wasn't sure what the game was or if she'd imagined it. All she knew was that she had lost.
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She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for.
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It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules. Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. Guess what? I'm a worker.
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He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.
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You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.
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She knew she shouldn't feel that way about a monster, but right then, she wanted nothing more than a monster of her very own.
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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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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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This is never going to be over,” I shout. “Someone will always be after me. There’s always consequences. Well, BRING IT. I am done with being afraid, and I am done with you.
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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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He looks like the good boy he's never been.
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I consider kissing her right there on the dirty couch, but self-preservation stops me. Once someone hurts you, it’s harder to relax around them, harder to think of them as safe to love. But it doesn’t stop you wanting them. Sometimes I actually think it makes the wanting worse
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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She’s an old lady,” Barron says. “And she’s been locked up for years. Let her have some fun. She needs to blow off steam. Seduce old dudes. Lose money at canasta.
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