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A second book that makes you rethink the first book is the Holy Grail of a series.

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Book
First
Grail
Rethink
Series
Holy
Second
Makes
Firsts

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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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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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You don't have to protect these people, Cassel. I am these people.
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His eyes look too bright, the way the do in people who are in love, people who are enraged, and people who are completely bonkers.
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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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I love you, you see...and I fear I have no way to say or show it that isn't terrible, except coming here. I would kill everyone in the world for you, if you wanted.......Or not obviously
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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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You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more.
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Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end.
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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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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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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
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You both ... you both saved me? Come on, said Luis. You make it sound like it was hard for Val to go to the Unseelie Court, strike a deal with Roiben, challenge Mabry to a duel, win back your heart, and then get back here during rush hour.
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Farewell, Father, she said. He fell back upon his chair, choking. She laughed, not with mirth or even mockery, but something that was closer to a sob. You crafted me so sharp, I cut even myself.
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I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen.
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Ah coffee. The sweet balm by which we shall accomplish today's tasks.
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I'm afraid that whatever I touch is spoilt by the contact. I'm not scared of being spoiled, Val said.
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Every plan is a house of cards.
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We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.
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You want me to say something? Okay. Sometimes I think I am what you made me. And sometimes I don’t know who I am at all. And either way I’m not happy.
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