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There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.
Patrick Ness
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Patrick Ness
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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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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And it hurts her, but it's an okay hurt, but it hurts still, but it's good, but it hurts.
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Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?
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Here's what I think, I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. I think maybe everybody falls, I say. I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking. I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. I think the asking is whether we get back up
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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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No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much?
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What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down.
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Do you not wonder sometimes, she showed now, sadly, if in some ways they are correct? That we are asking too much of the world?No, he said. They're the ones who are asking for too little.
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