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We can save the world, I say, trying to smile. You and me.
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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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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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He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.
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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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Life equals running and when we stop running maybe that's how we'll know life is finally finished.
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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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Francia don’t look too convinced. I never seen arms so crossed.
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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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