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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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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
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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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I was only following orders, the Mayor mocks. The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.
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This is how we are protecting you, by getting you out.
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And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside me. And i fall back into it.
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Schooling ain't life. Ain't it? she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise.
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You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.
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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.
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Francia don’t look too convinced. I never seen arms so crossed.
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The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.
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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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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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