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It is my belief that books are living things.

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Holly Black
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
Journalist
Novelist
Writer
New Jersey
United States
Books
Belief
Living
Book
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It’s hard to look at Barron now, but I do. He’s smirking. His black hair and black suit make him into a shadow, as if I conjured some dark mirror of myself.
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It's not that I don't know that it's a bad idea. It's that, lately, bad ideas have a particular hold over me.
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The first boy I fell in love with didn't know I loved him, but he managed to break my heart anyway.
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She looks honestly upset, but then, I’ve learned that I can’t read her. The problem with a really excellent liar is that you have to just assume they’re always lying.
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I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to.
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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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Nevermore, Lolli said. That's what Luis calls it, because there are three rules: Never more than once a day, never more than a pinch at a time, and never more than two days in a row.
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Keep going' she told herself, 'Don't look back.' But she looked anyways.
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He was saying that the end of the world wasn't an accident it was a joke.
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They say that nameless things change constantly—that names fix them in place like pins.
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I love you, you see...and I fear I have no way to say or show it that isn't terrible, except coming here. I would kill everyone in the world for you, if you wanted.......Or not obviously
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I would remain nearer you for what time there is. Gone in one faerie sigh, she quoted. Leather-clad fingers brushed over her short hair, rested on her cheek. I can hold my breath.
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We’re all dying, Cassel. It’s just that some of us are dying faster than others.
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I'm the best kind of thief, the kind that leaves behind items equal in value to those he's stolen.
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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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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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Philip Sharpe was a soldier in God's army, says the minister. Now he marches with the angels.
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Death has his favorites, like anyone. Those who are beloved of Death will not die.
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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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