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c8baaa1
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The more you love her, the crazier you get. My love was great. My crimes were greater.
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Holly Black |
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His voice had a faint trace of an accent she couldn't place - one that made her pretty sure he was no local kid infected the night before.
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books
dark
gavriel
holly-black
literature
paranormal
paranormal-romance
romance
tana-bach
the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown
vampires
ya
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Holly Black |
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7f3120c
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But what if I actually becoming besotted with him? Cardan is more knowledgeable than I am at love. He could use that against me, just as I asked him to use it against Nicasia. Perhaps he found a way to turn the tables after all. a part of me says, a part I remember from the night I took him captive.
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Holly Black |
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6ffb76b
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In the dream, Tana's mother loved her more than anyone or anything. More than death.
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books
dark
gavriel
holly-black
literature
paranormal
paranormal-romance
romance
tana-bach
the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown
vampires
ya
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Holly Black |
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517fc58
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He reached into the bag and drew out an odd array of manga, ripped paperbacks of books both classic and modern, and a small stack of crumpled magazines. "See, I even brought some things to read aloud. I wasn't sure what you'd like, so there's a bit of everything."
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holly-black
manga
reader
the-coldest-girl-in-coldtown
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Holly Black |
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7e7a09d
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Harden your heart.
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dangerous
dark
elfham
faerie
fantasy
jude
prince-cardan
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Holly Black |
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61183d7
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What is it? For what do you scheme? Ethine's death would weigh on you and the stain of her blood would seep into your skin" "Do you know what they wish for when they give you the Unseelie crown?" Roiben's tone was soft, like he was telling a secret. Kaye could barely catch his words. "That you be made of ice. What makes you think it matters what I feel? What makes you think I feel anything at all?"
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Holly Black |
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0438eda
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Mom" I say "Oh honey" she says "The doctor wants to see you to make sure you don't have the same thing that killed your brother. " She turns to Ms.Logan who looks scandalized by the whole encounter. "These things can run in famalies" she confides. "Your afraid I'm going to come down with a bad case of getting two in the chest?" I say "cause you might be right about that running in families. "
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Holly Black |
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00252fa
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I know I shouldn't love it as I do, stolen as I am from the mortal world, my parents murdered. But I love it all the same.
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Holly Black |
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3e11e93
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His eyes look too bright, the way the do in people who are in love, people who are enraged, and people who are completely bonkers.
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Holly Black |
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018b5b8
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Do you know what the Turkish say about coffee? It should be black as hell, strong as death, and sweet as love.
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Holly Black |
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68034b1
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Jones looks like he wants to slug me, which is only subtly different from his usual way of looking at me like I'm a slug.
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Holly Black |
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711f12b
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The human soul is the opposite of chaos, of nothingness. The soul is everything.
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Holly Black Cassandra Clare |
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2385064
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It was a vow, a piece of a chant, their scripture, something they took so seriously that saying it aloud embarrassed them.
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Holly Black |
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832c417
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Revenge is sweet, but ice cream is sweeter." She goes to the freezer and removes a tub of mint chocolate chip. She brings that and two spoons back to the sofa. "For now, accept this delight, unworthy though it is for the Queen of Faerie in exile."
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revenge
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Holly Black |
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ac57342
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She turned to me, head titled, her expression pure confusion. As though I had no reason to be afraid of a broken heart. She had no idea how dangerous a broken heart could be. You do, though. You know.
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Holly Black |
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cd1ac3d
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Be bold, be bold, but not too bold, lest that your hearts blood should run cold.
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Holly Black |
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c454308
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She went to all the parties and kissed all the boys, shoring up fun against despair, against the suffocating terror that loomed over her.
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Holly Black |
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d5a224f
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God, listen to him. Fucking pathetic, going on about the girl like he was Keats or something.
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Shayla Black |
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fb74de7
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What I want, isn't what I need...
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luc-traverson
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Shayla Black |
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6ba3908
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If life were like a video game, she would have used her power move to whip Jen in the air and knock her against the wall with two strikes of a lacrosse stick. Of course, if life really were like a video game, Val would probably have to do that in a bikini and with giant breasts, each one made of separately animated polygons.
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Holly Black |
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8ce023d
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Except that I have no marketable skills other than swinging around a sword and making up riddles, neither of which probably pay all that well.
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Holly Black |
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f1cc814
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Balekin and Orlagh are planning your murder," I say flustered. "Yes," he says lazily. "So why did I wake at all?"
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joke
murder
nonchalance
sarcasm
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Holly Black |
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94d9ba5
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Did you know that bone china had real bones in it?" Poppy said, tapping a porcelain cheek. "Her clay was made from human bones. Little-girl bones. That hair threaded through the scalp is the little girl's hair. And the body of the doll is filled with her leftover ashes."
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Holly Black |
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65b88b3
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Legends need not concern themselves with something as small as happiness
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legends
wicked-king
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Holly Black |
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3696d40
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That's what comes of hungering for something: You forget to check if it's rotten before you gobble it down.
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Holly Black |
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47c8fd1
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You're as cowardly as a g------ weasel. You know that? A . That's what you are." "You don't know me," I say, spitting blood onto the dirt. I can't help it. I start to laugh. "And you obviously don't know much about weasels, either."
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Holly Black |
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699eccc
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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." He stares at me, openmouthed. Lila jerks to her feet. "You can't tell him that," she says. "Why not?" I ask, then turn to him. "I didn't have any idea until yesterday. Wacky, right?" "What kind?" he manages to squeak out.
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Holly Black |
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ad0c2cd
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Call wasn't sure what it meant that he'd gone full Evil Overlord on Jasper but still couldn't manage to impress him.
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jasper-dewinter
magisterium
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Holly Black |
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5581e0d
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Sweet Jude, you're my dearest punishment
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Holly Black |
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I think Bob appreciated my outfit. He made me buy the more expensive pendant. You might think that was to my disadvantage, but I accept that status comes with a price." "Not usually so immediately." I shake my head. "You better not be hitting on federal agent ladies. They'll arrest you." His grin widens. "I like handcuffs." I groan. "There is something seriously wrong with you." "Nothing that a night being worked over by a hot represent..
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Holly Black |
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7fe761e
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I can feel the moment he gives in and gives up, pulling me to him despite the threat of the knife. He kisses me hard, with a kind of devouring desperation, fingers digging into my hair. Our mouths slide together, teeth over lips over tongues. Desire hits me like a kick to the stomach. It's like fighting, except what we're fighting for is to crawl inside each other's skin.
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Holly Black |
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a53edf6
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There are no words for how much I will miss her, but I try to kiss her so that she'll know. I try to kiss her to tell her the whole story of my love, the way I dreamed of her when she was dead, the way that every other girl seemed like a mirror that showed me her face. The way my skin ached for her. The way that kissing her made me feel like I was drowning and like I was being saved all at the same time. I hope she can taste all that, bitte..
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Holly Black |
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eeb378e
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It really is a magical word: no. You say whatever bullshit you want and I just say no.
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Holly Black |
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ec32524
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Who cares about a test? There will be a million more quizzed in your life.
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Holly Black |
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a3dc2b7
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Sometimes I go down and stare at it, trying to see my parents in the tide lines of dried blood. I want to feel something, something besides a vague queasiness. I want to feel more, but every time I look at it, I feel less.
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Holly Black |
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c2e0dfa
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She should tell him no, but instead she seemed to be running toward trouble, leaving no stone unturned, no boy unkissed, no crush abandoned, and no bad idea unembraced.
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Holly Black |
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d53d98e
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We all want stupid things. That doesn't mean we should have them.
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Holly Black |
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b3da3c4
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Cold?" Ravus echoed. He took her arm and rubbed it between his hands, watching them as though they were betraying him. "Better?" He asked warily. His skin felt hot, even through the cloth of her shirt, his touch was both soothing and electric. She leaned into him without thinking. His thighs parted, rough black cloth scratching against her jeans as she moved between his long legs. His eyes half-lidded as he pushed himself off the desk, thei..
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Holly Black |
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dd11fc5
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He was clearly used to sucking in the universe, examining it, then bending it to his will.
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surrender-to-me
universe
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Shayla Black |
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6f35fe1
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Familiar words chanted through his mind, demanding he speak them. He tried to bite his tongue. Now was hardly the time, and she'd likely laugh. Once spoken, the words would bind him to her for the rest of his life, even if she refused him, which was likely. And once she did, he could never touch another... not that he'd want to, since he hadn't almost from the moment he clapped eyes on her. Unless... what if she spoke the Binding? Whatever ..
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Shayla Black |
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3ae3818
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You have a skill. You can do something no one else can," Barron says. "Seriously. You know what's good about that? It's valuable. As in you can trade it for goods or services. Or money. Remember when I said it was wasted on you? I was so right."
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Holly Black |
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ea0a53b
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You put a curse on that girl over there," I tell him. "Fix her ." "She admired my ears," the boy says. "I was only giving her what she desired. A party favor." "That's what I am going to say after I gut you and use your entrails as streamers," I tell him. " --
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jude-duarte
the-wicked-king
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Holly Black |
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16623b7
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He was as honest as any criminal can hope to be.
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Holly Black |