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For me it is really important to have a story with blood in the veins, there are bad tempers and good tempers.

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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
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We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more, I say to Manchee under my breath.
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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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We all fall but that's not what matters. What matters is picking yourself up again.
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...and I have this stupid little thought that Aaron didn't survive the croc attack after all, that he died but he's so pissed off at me that dying didn't stop him from coming here to kill me anyway.
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A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative.
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Too much talking, I say. Not enough running.
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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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...the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.
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So we forgive each other? The crooked smile climbs up one more time. Again? And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say. Always, I say to him. Every time.
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Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor? She smiles. He doesn't stand a chance.
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Faith with proof is no faith at all.
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Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.
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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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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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