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You're never more alive than in battle. Never more dead after, I say.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
Virginia
Battle
Dead
Alive
Never

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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 too much informayshun can drive a man mad. Too much informayshun becomes just Noise. And it never, never stops.
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