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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
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Anyone
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I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.
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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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Mutually assured destruction.
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Let her alone,' said the enkanto, 'or I will curse you blind, lame, and worse.' The old man laughed. 'I'm a curse breaker, fool.' The elf grabbed one of the Jim Beam bottles from the table and slammed it down, so that he was holding a jagged glass neck. The elf smiled a very thin smile. 'Then I won't bother with magic.
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He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. There’s nothing quite as funny as someone else’s misery.
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I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman--taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.
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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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Poisonous jealousy thrummed through my veins.
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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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The truth is messy. It's raw and uncomfortable. You can't blame people for preferring lies.
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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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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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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 makes you a different person, to not have a past. It eats away at who you are, until what’s left is all construct, all artifice.
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I envy what I fear and hate what I envy.
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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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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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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 haven't had a very good day. I think I might still be hung over and everyone's dead and my root beer's gone.
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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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