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The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.

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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
Men
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Skepticism
Monster
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Monsters
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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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Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt.
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If you ever see a war, she says, not looking up from her clipboard, you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors.
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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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You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know.
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Doing what's right should be easy. It shouldn't be just another big mess like everything else.
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You're never more alive than in battle. Never more dead after, I say.
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And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside me. And i fall back into it.
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Time goes on, even when yer not looking.
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Stories don't always have happy endings. This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.
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Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor? She smiles. He doesn't stand a chance.
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The ability to make fire at will. It allowed us light to see in the darkness, warmth against the cold, a tool to cook our food.’ He gestured vaguely in the direction of the Delta’s engines. ‘Fire is what eventually led to travel across the black beyond, the ability to start a new life on a New World.
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We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.
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Too much talking, I say. Not enough running.
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