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Too much talking, I say. Not enough running.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
Virginia
Running
Enough
Much
Talking

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I was only following orders, the Mayor mocks. The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.
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So the good prince was a murderer and the evil queen wasn't a witch after all.
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Viola? Keep calling for me– And I’ll keep searching for you– And I’ll find you– You bet yer life on it– I’ll find you– Keep calling for me, Viola– Cuz here I come.
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There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.
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And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside me. And i fall back into it.
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That's the thing I'm learning about being thrown out on yer own. Nobody does nothing for you. If you don't change it, it don't get changed.
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As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.
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How do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?
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Viola blows out a thoughtful air. My dad used to say, 'There's only forward, Vi, only outward and up.' There's only forward, I repeat. Outward and up, she says.
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You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.
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