“She wants me to take out Patton.”

Barron’s brows draw together. “Take out? As in transform him?”

“No,” I say. “As in take out to dinner. She thinks we’d make a good couple.”

— Holly Black , book Black Heart

Source: Black Heart

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American children's fiction writer 1971

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