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Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
Swinging
Hurts
Hurt
Might
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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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