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Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Never
Life
Fairs
Fair

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You're never more alive than in battle. Never more dead after, I say.
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Viola blows out a thoughtful air. My dad used to say, 'There's only forward, Vi, only outward and up.' There's only forward, I repeat. Outward and up, she says.
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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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He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.
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Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.
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