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We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Picking
Matters
Fall
Matter

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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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I'll find you- Keep calling for me, Viola- Cuz here I come.
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Poo Manchee barks quielty to himself. Poo, poo, poo. Just have yer stupid poo and quit yapping about it.
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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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You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.
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