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You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.
Patrick Ness
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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.
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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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It was solitude, but it was solitude that wasn't lonely. Solitude that could sort things out. And he hadn't had that in ages.
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Whereas the town knows all about you already and wants to know more and wants to beat you with what it knows till how can you have any of yourself left at all?
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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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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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A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.
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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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As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.
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This is how we are protecting you, by getting you out.
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So who are you then, Todd Hewitt? he says. What makes you so special? Now that, I think, is a very good asking.
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