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Faith with proof is no faith at all.

Patrick Ness

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
Virginia
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Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. It's pointless and stupid and there's only suffering and pain and people who want to hurt you. You can't love nothing or no one cuz it'll all be taken away or ruined and you'll be left alone and constantly having to fight, constantly having to run just to stay alive.
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So who are you then, Todd Hewitt? he says. What makes you so special? Now that, I think, is a very good asking.
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He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.
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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 we forgive each other? The crooked smile climbs up one more time. Again? And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say. Always, I say to him. Every time.
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A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative.
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A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.
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And it hurts her, but it's an okay hurt, but it hurts still, but it's good, but it hurts.
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Poo Manchee barks quielty to himself. Poo, poo, poo. Just have yer stupid poo and quit yapping about it.
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Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.
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...the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.
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