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> [“The Apothecary was surprised. “You would give up everything you believed in?” “If it would save my daughters,” the parson said. “I’d give up everything.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/the-apothecary-was-surprised-you-would-give-up-everything-you/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

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> [“Along the edge of this green lived a man. His name is not important, as no one ever used it. The villagers only ever called him the Apothecary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/along-the-edge-of-this-green-lived-a-man-his-name-is-not-important-as/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

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## More by Patrick Ness

> [“I rub the ears of my dog, my stupid goddam ruddy great dog that I never wanted but who hung around anyway and who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-rub-the-ears-of-my-dog-my-stupid-goddam-ruddy-great-dog-that-i/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/the-prince-had-fallen-in-love-she-was-only-a-farmer-s-daughter-but/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [Time goes on, even when yer not looking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/time-goes-on-even-when-yer-not-looking/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [Here is the boy, drowning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/here-is-the-boy-drowning/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“This is it. This is goodbye. A goodbye I wasn't even looking for.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/this-is-it-this-is-goodbye-a-goodbye-i-wasn-t-even-looking-for/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“ 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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/but-what-is-a-dream-conor-o-malley-the-monster-said-bending-down-so/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“And I feel her against me - And I think Viola - I think VIOLA! - I think VIOLA!!!! ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/and-i-feel-her-against-me-and-i-think-viola-i-think-viola-i-think/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/but-i-m-still-thinking-about-being-born-on-a-spaceship-an-honest-to/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“When luck ain't with you, it's against you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/when-luck-ain-t-with-you-it-s-against-you/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“You starting to feel hope yet?" Viola asks, her voice curious. "No," I say, fuddling my noise. "You?" Her eyebrows are up but she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-starting-to-feel-hope-yet-viola-asks-her-voice-curious-no-i-say/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“I have two maxims that I believe, dear girl. One, if you can control yourself, you can control others. Two, if you can control…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-have-two-maxims-that-i-believe-dear-girl-one-if-you-can-control/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/to-live-is-to-fight-to-preserve-life-is-to-fight-everything-that-man/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/because-he-knew-he-was-doing-wrong-he-felt-the-pain-of-his-actions/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [“This was a kingdom. (“What?” Conor said, looking around his backyard. “Here?”) (The monster cocked its head at him curiously. You have not heard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/this-was-a-kingdom-what-conor-said-looking-around-his-backyard-here/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/if-you-ever-see-a-war-she-says-not-looking-up-from-her-clipboard-you/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

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