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Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.
Patrick Ness
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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. In Prentisstown, everyone talks like they're sneaking up on their words, ready to club them from behind.
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Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.
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But, somehow, Wilf knows. Somehow, Wilf always knows.
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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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And I look at her sitting there and she looks across the river and we wait as the dawn fully arrives, each of us knowing. Each of us knowing the other.
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Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.
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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.
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