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You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
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Wise
Open
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Peace
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Keeping

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