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Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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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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A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.
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We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.
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But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.
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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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You be as angry as you need to be,” she said. “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard.
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Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself.
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Too much talking, I say. Not enough running.
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You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.
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Guessing a thing ain't knowing a thing.
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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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Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as their pack animals,' I show, 'but worst is the one who knows better and does NOTHING.
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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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...the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.
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Except I didn't say eff
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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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I was only following orders, the Mayor mocks. The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.
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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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Knowledge is dangerous. ~pg 53
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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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