Stories are the wildest things of all. Stories chase and bite and hunt. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“And I feel her against me - And I think Viola - I think VIOLA! - I think VIOLA!!!! ” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“They're your parents. They're meant to love you because . Never in spite .” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder.” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“It was so much easier to be loved than to have to do any of the desperate work of loving.” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
You love him," he says. Not an asking, just a fact. "I do," I say. Also a fact. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“And by being possessed, you possess, because that's how love works.” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“And love and care have all kinds of different faces, and within them, there’s room for understanding, and for forgiveness, and for… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“We share our craziness, our neuroses, our little bit of screwed-up-ness that comes from our family. We share it. And it feels… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“The Prince had fallen in love. She was only a farmer's daughter, but she was was beautiful, and also smart, as the… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you. It's that you need to love something… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“The Mayor's wrong - He's wrong forever and ever - It's not that you should never love something so much it can… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“Cuz when I held you for the first time this morning and fed you from my own body, I felt so much… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“They’re weak and strong and they make mistakes, like anyone, like he has. And love and care have all kinds of different… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“I knew it,” Conor grumbled. “These kinds of stories always have stupid princes falling in love.” He started walking back to the… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you. It's that you need to love something… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“And right on cue, Viola yells, " TODD! " And I hit him with everything I got - Every bit of her… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“It's not that you should never love something so much it can control you. It's that you need to love something that… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still- See how he feels the skin of my hand… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“Yes", Kumiko said, seriously. "Exactly that. The extraordinary happens all the time. So much, we can't take it. Life and happiness and… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“I don’t want you to go,” he said, the tears dropping from his eyes, slowly at first, then spilling like a river.… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“Raising his eyes to look directly into Linus's face was maybe the scariest thing he'd had to do all day long, but… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“I rub the ears of my dog, my stupid goddam ruddy great dog that I never wanted but who hung around anyway and who… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“The Prince had fallen in love. She was only a farmer's daughter, but she was was beautiful, and also smart, as the daughters of… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“ But what is a dream, Conor O'Malley? the monster said, bending down so it's face was close to Conor's. Who is to say… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“And I feel her against me - And I think Viola - I think VIOLA! - I think VIOLA!!!! ” — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“But I'm still thinking about being born on a spaceship, an honest to badness spaceship. Growing up while flying along the stars, able to… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“You starting to feel hope yet?" Viola asks, her voice curious. "No," I say, fuddling my noise. "You?" Her eyebrows are up but she… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“I have two maxims that I believe, dear girl. One, if you can control yourself, you can control others. Two, if you can control… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for. — Patrick Ness Copy Share
Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“This was a kingdom. (“What?” Conor said, looking around his backyard. “Here?”) (The monster cocked its head at him curiously. You have not heard… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
If you ever see a war," she says, not looking up from her clipboard, "you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
