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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Worst
Lying
Men

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Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.
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What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down.
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And then a low and powerful sound rumbles thru the sky, like some giant, deep horn. A sound God would make when he wanted yer attenshun.
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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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We can save the world, I say, trying to smile. You and me.
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But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.
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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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I'll find you- Keep calling for me, Viola- Cuz here I come.
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When luck ain't with you it's against you. ~pg 92
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Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. It's pointless and stupid and there's only suffering and pain and people who want to hurt you. You can't love nothing or no one cuz it'll all be taken away or ruined and you'll be left alone and constantly having to fight, constantly having to run just to stay alive.
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