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I will not allow anyone to take anything off my palette but if I do then within that, I can be creative.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
Author
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Fairfax
Virginia
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Anyone
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But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.
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