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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: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Literary Critic
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Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. In Prentisstown, everyone talks like they're sneaking up on their words, ready to club them from behind.
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Then at the top of the hill, the road forks. Which just figures. You gotta be kidding. I say. One part of the road goes left, the other goes right. (Well, it's a Fork ain't it?)
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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 can eff off, too, I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.
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You're never more alive than in battle. Never more dead after, I say.
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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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Francia don’t look too convinced. I never seen arms so crossed.
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Faith with proof is no faith at all.
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War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too much knowledge of his weakness, his pathetic greed and vanity, and how laughably easy it is to control him.
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Guessing a thing ain't knowing a thing.
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I'll find you- Keep calling for me, Viola- Cuz here I come.
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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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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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Poo Manchee barks quielty to himself. Poo, poo, poo. Just have yer stupid poo and quit yapping about it.
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Know yourself and go in swinging.
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Life equals running and when we stop running maybe that's how we'll know life is finally finished.
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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.
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