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That's what librarians do. They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don’t know how to find it, if you don’t even know where to begin to look.

Patrick Ness

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Here's what I think, I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. I think maybe everybody falls, I say. I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking. I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. I think the asking is whether we get back up
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even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice
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I don’t know what’s ahead,” I say. “I don’t know nothing about nothing but whatever it is, it’s gotta be better than what’s behind. It’s gotta be.
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