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I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Things
Admitting
Crush
Wanting
Especially
Hate

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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 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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Flattery will get you everywhere, Sam says, Except, apparently, off a roof.
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You are the best kind of killer, Cassel Sharpe, the kind that never has blood on his hands. The kind that never has to sicken at the sight of what he's done, or come to like it too much.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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I'm not very good at explaining things, she said. But I think you have beautiful eyes. I love the gold in them. I love that they're different from my eyes- I see mine all the time and I'm bored with them.
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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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I hate that everyone calls it growing up, but it seems like DYING.
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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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Those who really love you don't mean to hurt you and if they do, you can't see it in their eyes but it hurts them too.
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whatever you love, that is your weakness
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You can break a thing, but you cannot always guide it afterward into the shape you want.
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This is never going to be over,” I shout. “Someone will always be after me. There’s always consequences. Well, BRING IT. I am done with being afraid, and I am done with you.
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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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Allow me to explain how my whole life has prepared me for this moment. I am used to girls screaming, and your screams – will be sweeter than another’s cries of love.
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The row of dolls watched her impassively from the bookshelf, their tea party propriety almost certainly offended.
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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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