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> [“Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the only things worth believing at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/sometimes-the-hardest-things-to-believe-are-the-only-things-worth/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

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> [“Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the only things worth believing at al.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/sometimes-the-hardest-things-to-believe-are-the-only-things-worth-2/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

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## More by E.J. Patten

> [“And power without compassion is the worst kind of evil there is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/and-power-without-compassion-is-the-worst-kind-of-evil-there-is/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“A trap, like a good story, needs to hint at greater things without revealing them until the prey is snared.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/a-trap-like-a-good-story-needs-to-hint-at-greater-things-without/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“Use your heart. Understand. Learn to see things in the now, not as they were or will be, or as they might or should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/use-your-heart-understand-learn-to-see-things-in-the-now-not-as-they/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the only things worth believing at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/sometimes-the-hardest-things-to-believe-are-the-only-things-worth/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“A grape may be a raisin, and taste the sweeter for it, but even a raisin will rot on the vine, if you do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/a-grape-may-be-a-raisin-and-taste-the-sweeter-for-it-but-even-a/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“A good trap is like a good story: hidden and leading toward one inevitable conclusion”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/a-good-trap-is-like-a-good-story-hidden-and-leading-toward-one/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“Sometimes the hardest things to believe are the only things worth believing at al.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/sometimes-the-hardest-things-to-believe-are-the-only-things-worth-2/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“A grape may become a raisin, and taste the sweeter for it, but even a raisin rot on the vine, if you do nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/a-grape-may-become-a-raisin-and-taste-the-sweeter-for-it-but-even-a/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“A good trap, like a good story, has to arise naturally from the environment. It has to be seamless. If the prey suspects what’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/a-good-trap-like-a-good-story-has-to-arise-naturally-from-the/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

> [“It’s hardly the time for sense, I should think, since nonsense has been serving us so well”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-j-patten/it-s-hardly-the-time-for-sense-i-should-think-since-nonsense-has-been/)

[E.J. Patten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-j-patten/)

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