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Teenagers are the greatest readers in the world - honest, unsnobby and loyal

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Fairfax
Virginia
Teenager
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Honest
Greatest
World
Teenagers
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Readers

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Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.
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Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor? She smiles. He doesn't stand a chance.
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The sound when we crash is so loud it's almost impossible.
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You be as angry as you need to be,” she said. “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard.
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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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And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most
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You can eff off, too, I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.
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The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do.
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Know yourself and go in swinging.
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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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You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.
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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 don’t know what’s ahead,” I say. “I don’t know nothing about nothing but whatever it is, it’s gotta be better than what’s behind. It’s gotta be.
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What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down.
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HERE It’s- Can I say? It’s like the song of a family where everything’s always all right, it’s a song of belonging that makes you belong just by hearing it, it’s a song that’ll always take care of you and never leave you. If you have a heart, it breaks, if you have a heart that’s broken, it fixes.
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Doing what's right should be easy. It shouldn't be just another big mess like everything else.
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Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.
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Time goes on, even when yer not looking.
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