Holly Black - Thought Quotes

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Yesterday when we went over the plan again and again, I never thought about Grandad showing up. Because I'm an idiot, basically—an idiot with poor planning skills. Of course he's here. Where else would he be? Seriously, what else could go wrong?

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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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I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up. He called it his second smile.

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As Val jumped down onto the litter-strewn concrete after them, she thought how insane it was to follow two people she didn't know into the bowels of the subway, but instead of being afraid, she felt glad. She would make all her own decisions now, even if they were ruinous ones. It was the same pleasurable feeling as tearing a piece of paper into tiny, tiny pieces.

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I thought you needed to be tougher. But I've been thinking that protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn't the kind of protecting that anybody wants.

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If we have to be cat burglars, I'm going to see what' to steal in the fridge." We're trying to find evidence she's the poisoner. Just a thought before you start putting random things in your mouth." Ruth shrugged and walked past Val.

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I thought you were her knight, but you have become only her woodsman—taking little girls into the forest to cut out their hearts.

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