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Tana. In all my long life, though there were many times I prayed for it, no one has ever saved me. No one but you. (Holly Black)
Every plan is a house of cards. View quote
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Death's favorites don't die. View quote
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Instead, it just reminded her that sometimes there were no good choices. View quote
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One night you will ask me for something I cannot give. View quote
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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. View quote
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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? View quote
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We all wind up drawn to what we're afraid of, drawn to try to find a way to make ourselves safe from a thing by crawling inside of it, by loving it, by becoming it. View quote
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Refills are free,” the waitress tells us with a frown, like she's hoping we're not the kind of people who ask for endless refills. I am already pretty sure we are exactly those people. View quote
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One fine day, in the middle of the night, two dead boys got up to fight. Back to back they faced each other. They pulled out their swords and shot one another. One deaf cop, on the beat heard the noise, and came and shot the two dead boys. View quote
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It makes you a different person, to not have a past. It eats away at who you are, until what's left is all construct, all artifice. (Holly Black)
She says that what you did was a cry for help." "It was," I say. "That's why I was yelling 'Heeeelp!' I don't really go in for subtlety. View quote
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Flattery will get you everywhere," Sam says, "Except, apparently, off a roof. View quote
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Greg stands up, wiping his mouth. "I saw your mother's trial in the paper, Sharpe. I know you're just like her." "If I was, I would make you beg to blow me," I sneer. View quote
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Let me look out for you. Let your enemies become mine. View quote
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She knew what it felt like to tremble like that before touching someone -- desire so acute that it became despair. View quote
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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. View quote
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Boys never believe I can beat them, she told me back then. But I always win in the end. View quote
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He runs to the sink to spit it out. I grin. There's nothing quite as funny as someone else's misery. View quote
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Nobody ever really sees me the way I am, underneath everything. But she did. She does. View quote
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Ruthless. That's my girl. (Holly Black)
Mirroring behavior. When a mark takes a drink from his water glass, so should you. When he smiles, so should you. Keep it subtle, rather than creepy, and it's a good technique. View quote
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I like all the things that make you monstrous. View quote
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I want you and I hate wanting things and I especially hate admitting I want them. View quote
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It feels like the whole world has turned upside down. There aren't any more rules. Hey,' I say to Sam, because if the world's gone crazy, then I guess I can do whatever I want. "Guess what? I'm a worker. View quote
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