“This was a kingdom. (“What?” Conor said, looking around his backyard. “Here?”) (The monster cocked its head at him curiously. You have… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“ Who am I? the monster repeated, still roaring. I am the spine that the mountains hang upon! I am the tears… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“What are you?” Conor asked, pulling his arms closer around himself. I am not a “what,” frowned the monster. I am a… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“I didn’t mean it,” Conor said. You did, the monster said, but you also did not. Conor sniffed and looked up to… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“This is all sounding pretty fairy tale-ish,” Conor said, suspiciously. You would not say that if you heard the screams of a… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“Stories are the wildest things of all, the monster rumbled. Stories chase and bite and hunt. That's what teachers always say, Conor… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“ The parson refused to believe the Apothecary could help, said the monster. When times were easy, the parson nearly destroyed the… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“ It is not what I want from you, Conor O’Malley, it said. It is what you want from me . “I… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“ 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 Image
“And I feel her against me - And I think Viola - I think VIOLA! - I think VIOLA!!!! ” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
