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Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
Virginia
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Stories
Truth
Anything
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He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.
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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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When luck ain't with you it's against you. ~pg 92
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Faith with proof is no faith at all.
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Time goes on, even when yer not looking.
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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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Knowledge is dangerous. ~pg 53
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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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And it’s a sad song, Todd, but it’s also a promise. I’ll never deceive you and I’ll never leave you and I promise you this so you can one day promise it to others and know that it’s true.
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I'll do it, Todd, I whisper. I'll come with you. And he doesn't say anything, just squeezes my hand harder and brings it up to his face like he wants to breathe me in.
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But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.
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The only place you belong is the place you can never go back. And so yer always alone, forever and always.
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