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If you ever see a war, she says, not looking up from her clipboard, you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors.
Patrick Ness
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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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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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Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?
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Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too.
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You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less
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I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.
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Men do monstrous things but if you call a man a monster you have absolved yourself of blame. You don't have to think that you might ever do these things. I don't think that's true
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You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.
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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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