Hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that ke…

Patrick Ness
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Hope 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 Ness (2008). The Knife of Never Letting Go, Candlewick Press (MA)
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Hope 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 Ness (2008). The Knife of Never Letting Go, Candlewick Press (MA)

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