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

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Wanting
Especially
Hate
Things
Admitting
Crush

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