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It is my belief that books are living things.
Holly Black
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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
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New Jersey
United States
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Everything was strange and beautiful and swollen with possibilities.
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I thought weirdness was a good thing. I don't mean that defensively, either. I thought it was something to be cultivated.
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices.
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I need you to be happy. I need one of us to be happy.
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Everyone danced -- sweaty bodies packed tight, drunk with sound.
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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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You have to write a lot. And you have to rewrite what you wrote a lot more.
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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 want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them.
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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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Marks forget that whenever something's too good to be true, that's because it's a con.
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Life is like licking Honey from a Thorn
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Sam: You know what I wish? Cassel: What? Sam: That someone would covert my bed into a robot that would fight other bed robots to the death for me.
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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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She took a deep breath, Last chance. Are you in need of rescuing? His expression turned very strange, almost as if she'd struck him, yes, he said finally. -Tana and Gavriel-page 33- chapter 5
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Crippled things are always more beautiful. It's the flaw that brings out beauty.
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There is nothing for her beyond those gates, Gavriel said. Do you think to bring her along like a talisman to remind you of your humanity? Or do you think sharing your damnation will lighten the burden of it?
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I survive at the edge of friends circles.
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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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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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