And too much informayshun can drive a man mad. Too much informayshun becomes just Noise. And it never, never stops. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men. — 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
You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“War is a monster,” he says, almost to himself. “War is the devil. It starts and it consumes and it grows and… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I am Todd Hewitt, I think to myself with my eyes closed. I am twelve years and twelve months old. I live… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
The only crime, the only crime is to take a life. There is nothing else.' 'And that's why you don't fight,'I say.… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Men do monstrous things but if you call a man a monster you have absolved yourself of blame. You don't have to… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Midnight passes and I'm twenty-five days and a million years from becoming a man. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
...the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
If a crowd can flinch, they flinch. More than a thousand men flinch under the fist of just one. I don't see… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Noise ain't Truth, Noise is what men want to be true, and there's a difference twixt those two things so big that… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your… — 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
