--- title: "6 Asking Quotes By Patrick Ness" description: "6 Asking quotes by Patrick Ness. Plus more from Patrick Ness and more Asking sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/patrick-ness-449_arms_here-s-what-i-think-i-say-and-my-voice-i_707026.jpg" --- > [Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/here-s-what-i-think-i-say-and-my-voice-is-stronger-and-thoughts-are/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3b/patrick-ness-449_arms_here-s-what-i-think-i-say-and-my-voice-i_707026.jpg) > [So who are you then, Todd Hewitt?" he says. "What makes you so special?" Now that, I think, is a very good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/so-who-are-you-then-todd-hewitt-he-says-what-makes-you-so-special-now/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/600/patrick-ness-449_asking_so-who-are-you-then-todd-hewitt-he-says_1295391.jpg) > [Do you not wonder sometimes, she showed now, sadly, if in some ways they are correct? That we are asking too much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/do-you-not-wonder-sometimes-she-showed-now-sadly-if-in-some-ways-they/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e29/patrick-ness-449_asking_do-you-not-wonder-sometimes-she-showed-n_1623077.jpg) > [“People ask for what they need in different ways. Sometimes by not even asking for it at all.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/people-ask-for-what-they-need-in-different-ways-sometimes-by-not-even/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/patrick-ness-449_different-ways_people-ask-for-what-they-need-in-differe_1728007.jpg) > [You love him," he says. Not an asking, just a fact. "I do," I say. Also a fact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-love-him-he-says-not-an-asking-just-a-fact-i-do-i-say-also-a-fact/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d43/patrick-ness-449_asking_you-love-him-he-says-not-an-asking-just_1974513.jpg) > [I think maybe everyone falls... I think the asking is whether we get back up again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-think-maybe-everyone-falls-i-think-the-asking-is-whether-we-get/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/patrick-ness-449_asking_i-think-maybe-everyone-falls-i-think-the_3097634.jpg) ## Other authors on Asking ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/asking/patrick-ness/#itemlist", "name": "6 Asking Quotes By Patrick Ness", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Here's what I think,\" I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. \"I think maybe everybody falls,\" I say. \"I think maybe we all do. 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