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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: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Series
Holy
Second
Makes
Firsts
Book
First
Grail
Rethink

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Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
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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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You better get over here with my car,” Grandad says. “Before I call the cops and tell them you stole it.” “Sorry,” I say contritely. Then the rest of what he said sinks in and I laugh. “Wait, did you just threaten me with calling the police? Because that I’d like to see.
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I'm not good at having friends. I mean, I can make myself useful to people. I can fit in. I get invited to parties and I can sit at any table I want in the cafeteria. But actually trusting someone when they have nothing to gain from me just doesn't make sense. All friendships are negotiations of power.
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whatever you love, that is your weakness
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I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up. He called it his second smile.
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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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He looks like the good boy he's never been.
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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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I need your help, says the tiny figure. Her voice is sad and soft and sounds like Lila's, but with an odd accent that might just be how cats sound when they talk.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.
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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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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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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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I can’t help feeling a little bit competitive and a little bit disappointed in myself that I’m already so far behind. After all, Yulikova thinks Barron has a real future with the Bureau. She told me so. I told her that sociopaths are relentlessly charming. I think she figured I was joking.
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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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If the enemy of my enemy is my friend, then surely you should be friend to my friend.
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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I survive at the edge of friends circles.
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