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Everything that's happened has brought me here, to this place, with this knife in my hand, and something worth saving.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Everything
Knives
Something
Saving
Brought
Worth
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Happened
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Knife

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