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That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

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Patrick Ness
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 17
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How do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?
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And it hurts her, but it's an okay hurt, but it hurts still, but it's good, but it hurts.
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I'll find you- Keep calling for me, Viola- Cuz here I come.
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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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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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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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So the good prince was a murderer and the evil queen wasn't a witch after all.
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Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.
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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.
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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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In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.
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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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Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as their pack animals,' I show, 'but worst is the one who knows better and does NOTHING.
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