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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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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
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No trouble ever got fixed late at night, he said. Midnight is for regrets.
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I’m Lila, and yes, he’s crazy. But you must have noticed that before now. He was crazy back when I knew him, and he’s obviously gotten crazier over time.
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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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You okay? Anton asks, looking at me like he's trying to figure out if I'm drunk. His plans depend on me. I look as blank as possible and hope that it freaks him out. No point in my being the only miserable one.
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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
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He wondered whether growing up was learning that most stories turned out to be lies.
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God, I hate you,” she says. “So much. Why do boys think that it will be better to lie and tell a girl how much they loved her and how they only dumped her for her own good? That they only tried to rearrange her brain for her own good? Does it make you feel better, Cassel? Does it? Because from my perspective, it really sucks.
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Love changes us, but we change how we love too.
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If I'm not a murderer, asked Corny, how come I keep killing people?
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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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Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end.
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A stray dog, I might understand, she said. But this? You are too softhearted. No, Mabry, Ravus said. I am not. He looked in Val's direction. I think she wants to die. Maybe you can help her after all, Mabry said. You're good at helping people die.
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I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.
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To remind me, pain is the best teacher
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Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army, says the minister. Now he marches with the angels.
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I heard you've been having some problems with your girlfriend. Headmistress Northcutt says. No, I say. Not at all. Audrey broke up with me after the winter holiday, exhausted by my moodiness. It's impossible to have problems with a girlfriend who's no longer mine.
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I'm afraid my voice is going to break. I am afraid she is going to hear how much this hurts.
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I don't want to be a vampire' she told herself. But in her dreams, she kind of did.-Tana Bach-page 29-chapter 4
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