“There's a monster in our wood. She'll get you if you're not good. Drag you under leaves and sticks. Punish you for all your tricks. Anest of hair and gnawed bone. You are never, ever coming… home.”

—  Holly Black, book The Darkest Part of the Forest

Source: The Darkest Part of the Forest

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American children's fiction writer 1971

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