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But chance runs like a river through all our lives, and being prepared for surprise is the best we can do.

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Kenneth Oppel
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: August 31
Science Fiction Writer
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Honestly, she sighed, I don't know what kind of life we'll have together, with me always flying off in one direction and you in the other. I smiled. It's a good thing the world's round, I said.
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The world of 'The Hunger Games' is a paranoid survivalist's dream.
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His speech failed to rouse an enthusiastic cheer, but no one dared contradict him.
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You've no fear of heights, puffed the girl. None, I said. I've heard that about you.
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The preface? Why would he waste time with the preface? Skip the preface and move on to the meat of the thing!
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We did it! I said, feeling limp with relief. It actually worked! Dr. Turgenev rubbed his forehead. I had very big doubts. Big doubts? I said weakly. The Russian scientist shrugged. I am pessimist, he said.
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It's somewhat disquieting that the same parents and educators who are horrified by the notion of child soldiers have bestowed upon 'The Hunger Games' a double mantle of critical praise and global bestsellerdom.
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I poo poo the chit.' The attendant looked stunned. 'You cannot poo-poo the chit!' I do.' Kate said solemnly. 'I do poo-poo.' We'll walk.
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Here's all I know: that the world is uncontrollable. Chaos reigns. That anything and everything might be possible. I won't subscribe to any rational system again. Nothing will bind me.
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I prefer the word aviatrix. It has more zing to it. It's very zingy, I agreed.
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If you were closer, I'd slap you, she said. Let me help, I replied, and stepped closer. She promptly slapped me, which surprised me only a little. We glared at each other in the near dark, and then she looked away. I'm sorry I slapped you, she said. That's all right. I quite enjoyed it.
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I turned around and headed back to the stairwell, planning to go downstairs and buy a chocolate bar from the vending machine. Maybe it would fall on me and end my misery.
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I know you pretty well. Better than anyone I think. I smiled. Her compliment was like a gift itself, only more precious than anything that could be bought.
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I believe there is something on this earth that you desire more than anything, and it isn't me.
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