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You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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Stories don't always have happy endings. This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.
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So the good prince was a murderer and the evil queen wasn't a witch after all.
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As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.
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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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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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Too much talking, I say. Not enough running.
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Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard?
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He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.
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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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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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You're never more alive than in battle. Never more dead after, I say.
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The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.
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Everything that's happened has brought me here, to this place, with this knife in my hand, and something worth saving.
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