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A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
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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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Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits.
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That's the thing I'm learning about being thrown out on yer own. Nobody does nothing for you. If you don't change it, it don't get changed.
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And too much informayshun can drive a man mad. Too much informayshun becomes just Noise. And it never, never stops.
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Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as their pack animals,' I show, 'but worst is the one who knows better and does NOTHING.
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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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Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?
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There ain't nothing good that don't got real bad waiting to follow 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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Viola blows out a thoughtful air. My dad used to say, 'There's only forward, Vi, only outward and up.' There's only forward, I repeat. Outward and up, she says.
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And it’s a sad song, Todd, but it’s also a promise. I’ll never deceive you and I’ll never leave you and I promise you this so you can one day promise it to others and know that it’s true.
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Too much talking, I say. Not enough running.
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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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In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.
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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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He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.
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even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice
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A thing worth learning is worth learning well.
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Stories don’t end with the writers, however many started the race.
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Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. It's pointless and stupid and there's only suffering and pain and people who want to hurt you. You can't love nothing or no one cuz it'll all be taken away or ruined and you'll be left alone and constantly having to fight, constantly having to run just to stay alive.
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