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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Fairfax
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And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most
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I was only following orders, the Mayor mocks. The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.
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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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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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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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Then at the top of the hill, the road forks. Which just figures. You gotta be kidding. I say. One part of the road goes left, the other goes right. (Well, it's a Fork ain't it?)
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I don’t know what’s ahead,” I say. “I don’t know nothing about nothing but whatever it is, it’s gotta be better than what’s behind. It’s gotta be.
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As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.
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A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.
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Viola? Keep calling for me– And I’ll keep searching for you– And I’ll find you– You bet yer life on it– I’ll find you– Keep calling for me, Viola– Cuz here I come.
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Except I didn't say eff
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You can eff off, too, I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.
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If you ever see a war, she says, not looking up from her clipboard, you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors.
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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.
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There ain't nothing good that don't got real bad waiting to follow it.
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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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We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more, I say to Manchee under my breath.
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You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know.
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Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.
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Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and that's not how a person with integrity acts.
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