So who are you then, Todd Hewitt?" he says. "What makes you so special?" Now that, I think, is a very good asking.
Patrick NessHope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, that it's painful and risky, that it's making a dare in the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?
Patrick NessGirls are small and polite and smiley. They wear dresses and their hair is long and itโs pulled into shapes behind their heads or on either side.
Patrick Ness"No," he says, taking us both in. "No, no, no. You've come farther than most people on this planet will in their lifetimes. You've overcome obstacles and dangers and things that should've killed you. You've outrun an army and a madman and deadly illness and seen things most people will never see. How do you think you could have possibly come this far if you didn't have hope?"
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