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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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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Equals
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Stop
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