Alive Quotes by Patrick Ness

11 Alive quotes by Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness writes with a keen eye for the moments that matter. These eleven quotes cut to the essence of what it means to feel alive amid everyday challenges.

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“Then I will eat you alive.”

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How do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?

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“Cuz how do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?”

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He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened.

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You're never more alive than in battle." "Never more dead after," I say.

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even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people…

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“You’re never more alive than in battle.” “Never more dead after,” I say. “Ah, philosophy,” he smiles. “I didn’t know you had…

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I don't know how much time passes with us just lying there, just feeling that the other is really there, really true,…

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Ah, well, then you've never stood on a beach as the waves came crashing in, the water stretching out from you until…

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I was just trying to stay alive, looking for ways to find you, hoping you hadn't left me behind." "Never," I say.…

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Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. It's pointless and stupid and there's only suffering and pain and people who want to…

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Time goes on, even when yer not looking.

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Here is the boy, drowning.

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“This is it. This is goodbye. A goodbye I wasn't even looking for.”

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“And I feel her against me - And I think Viola - I think VIOLA! - I think VIOLA!!!! ”

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“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…

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“When luck ain't with you, it's against you.”

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“You starting to feel hope yet?" Viola asks, her voice curious. "No," I say, fuddling my noise. "You?" Her eyebrows are up but she…

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“I have two maxims that I believe, dear girl. One, if you can control yourself, you can control others. Two, if you can control…

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To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.

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Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The…

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“This was a kingdom. (“What?” Conor said, looking around his backyard. “Here?”) (The monster cocked its head at him curiously. You have not heard…

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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…

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