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We might be the land of 10,000 lakes, but if the land of 10,000 lakes are 10,000 dead lakes or 10,000 lakes that aren't very good, ducks just aren't going to come here.


Lance Ness

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Your 10,00...
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SAMUEL BUTLER (1) I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
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DIANA COHEN He (hit) 10,000 yards today. You need to congratulate him. It was good to see him get going.
BEN WATSON We really do not have many rental units in Mountain Home, ... The ones we have are around the lakes.
DAN HALL I think you can have 10,000 explanations for failure, but no good explanation for success.
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ORSON SCOTT CARD They told us what we already knew and charged us $10,000.
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...
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He blinks. "What?"
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PATRICK NESS And then his noise falls completely silent-

And he stops struggling-

And looki...
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See how he feels the skin of ...
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(is this why she joined them?)
I feel so-
...
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It ain't.
Not never.
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PATRICK NESS Funny how you can forget that every family isn't like yours.
PATRICK NESS The mistake of every young person is to think they're the only ones who see darkness and hardship in...
PATRICK NESS You be as angry as you need to be," she said. "Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma...
PATRICK NESS That's the thing I'm learning about being thrown out on yer own. Nobody does nothing for you. If you...
PATRICK NESS The future of fiction? he said. Maybe, she said. Will it have room for, you know, love & stuff? ...
PATRICK NESS What's important is that I know how much you worry about shit. And what's also important is that I k...
PATRICK NESS I knew from practices that she was going to be good. She's run strong so far. She's very competitive...
SHARON NESS History ain’t so important when yer just trying to survive,” I say, spitting it out under my bre...
PATRICK NESS And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing bac...
PATRICK NESS War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much know...
PATRICK NESS Who will remember Todd?
Who will remember what he did?
Todd -
Todd -
And ...
PATRICK NESS Belief is half of healing.
PATRICK NESS Didn't you finish your chemistry in school?"
"You closed the school and burnt all the books."...
PATRICK NESS You said war should never be personal, but that’s all it’s ever been for me.
PATRICK NESS