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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
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Important
Carry
Stories
Truth
Anything

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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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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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Except I didn't say eff
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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.
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In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.
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Men do monstrous things but if you call a man a monster you have absolved yourself of blame. You don't have to think that you might ever do these things. I don't think that's true
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There ain't nothing good that don't got real bad waiting to follow it.
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Faith with proof is no faith at all.
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We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.
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Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?
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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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When luck ain't with you it's against you. ~pg 92
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