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Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too.
Patrick Ness
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Patrick Ness
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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The sound when we crash is so loud it's almost impossible.
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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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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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The only place you belong is the place you can never go back. And so yer always alone, forever and always.
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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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