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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.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
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New Jersey
United States
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Memory is slippery. It bends to our understanding of the world, twists to accommodate our prejudices. It is unreliable. Witnesses seldom remember the same things. They identify the wrong people. They give us the details of events that never happened. Memory is slippery, but my memories suddenly feel slipperier.
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You're a pretty cool customer, huh? says Agent Hunt. I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage. Agent Hunt looks like he would like to put his fist through my stoic visage.
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The easiest lies to tell are the ones you want to be true.
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There is nothing for her beyond those gates, Gavriel said. Do you think to bring her along like a talisman to remind you of your humanity? Or do you think sharing your damnation will lighten the burden of it?
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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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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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I don't lie, I lied.
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She sat in the dew-damp grass and ripped up clumps of it, tossing them in the air and feeling vaguely guilty about it. Some gnome ought to pop out of the tree and scold her for torturing the lawn.
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But if you didn't believe in monsters, then how were you going to be able to keep safe from them?
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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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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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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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Maybe it was that nearly everyone else was dead and she felt a little bit dead too, but she figured that even a vampire deserved to be saved. Maybe she ought to leave him, but she wasn't going to.
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I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.
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