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Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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So we forgive each other? The crooked smile climbs up one more time. Again? And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say. Always, I say to him. Every time.
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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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Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.
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Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.
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You can eff off, too, I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.
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Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor? She smiles. He doesn't stand a chance.
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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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No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much?
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Flakes of white fall thru the trees and onto the road, catching on our clothes and hair. It's a silent fall and it's weird how it makes everything else seem quiet, too, like it's trying to tell you a secret, a terrible, terrible secret.
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Francia don’t look too convinced. I never seen arms so crossed.
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And it hurts her, but it's an okay hurt, but it hurts still, but it's good, but it hurts.
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Faith with proof is no faith at all.
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Knowledge is dangerous. ~pg 53
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Guessing a thing ain't knowing a thing.
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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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...the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.
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There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.
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