“Would you forswear a promise for me?" He is smiling to me as though he is teasing. "What promise?" He sweeps me around him, my leather slippers pirouetting over the packed earth. In the distance, a piper begins to play. "Any promise," he says lightly, although it is no light thing he is asking. "I guess it depends," I say, because the real answer, a flat no, isn't what anyone wants to hear.”
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Holly Black, born on November 10, 1971, is a renowned fantasy fiction writer from the United States. Her works are known for their unique imagination and profound emotional depth, which have won her a large fan base. more
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“You were sunrise to me rise and warm and streaming.' - Praise Song For My Mother by Charlotte Mew”
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