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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
Death
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It's not that I don't know that it's a bad idea. It's that, lately, bad ideas have a particular hold over me.
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If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.
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It’s just that you go so crazy being alone like that. Sometimes he’d forget my water or food and I’d cry and cry and cry.” She stops talking and looks out the window. “I would try to tell myself stories to pass the time. Fairy tales. Parts of books. But they got used up.
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For me the curse is a crutch, but the con is everything.
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I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to.
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I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.
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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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They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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Mutually assured destruction.
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One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the noise, and came and shot the two dead boys.
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Ruthless. That’s my girl.
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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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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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It is my belief that books are living things.
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He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.
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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 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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It's the flaw that brings out the beauty.
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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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