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The sound when we crash is so loud it's almost impossible.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
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Crash
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Impossible

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