I was born into all that, all that mess, the over-crowded swamp and the over-crowded sematary and the not-crowded-enough town, so I… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Choices may be unbelievably hard but they're never impossible. To say you have no choice is to release yourself from responsibility and… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, that… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Librarians open up the world. Knowledge is useless if you don't even know where to begin to look. How much more can… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. — 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
