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There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
Virginia
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Wonder
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Stories don’t always have happy endings.
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The ability to make fire at will. It allowed us light to see in the darkness, warmth against the cold, a tool to cook our food.’ He gestured vaguely in the direction of the Delta’s engines. ‘Fire is what eventually led to travel across the black beyond, the ability to start a new life on a New World.
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And then a low and powerful sound rumbles thru the sky, like some giant, deep horn. A sound God would make when he wanted yer attenshun.
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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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You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.
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We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.
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A thing worth learning is worth learning well.
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Know yourself and go in swinging.
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Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. In Prentisstown, everyone talks like they're sneaking up on their words, ready to club them from behind.
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Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor? She smiles. He doesn't stand a chance.
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I'll do it, Todd, I whisper. I'll come with you. And he doesn't say anything, just squeezes my hand harder and brings it up to his face like he wants to breathe me in.
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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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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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Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.
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Too much talking, I say. Not enough running.
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Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.
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Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.
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Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.
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Flakes of white fall thru the trees and onto the road, catching on our clothes and hair. It's a silent fall and it's weird how it makes everything else seem quiet, too, like it's trying to tell you a secret, a terrible, terrible secret.
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Limitations can be hugely creative and hugely inspiring - so long as they are the ones you choose for yourself.
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