“The moment she was cursed, I lost her. Once it wears off- soon- she will be embarrassed to remember things that she said, things she did, things like this. No matter how solid she feels in my arms, she is made of smoke.”

—  Holly Black , book Red Glove

Source: Red Glove

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American children's fiction writer 1971

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