--- title: "21 Monster Said Quotes By Patrick Ness" description: "21 Monster Said quotes by Patrick Ness. Plus more from Patrick Ness and more Monster Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/patrick-ness-449_animals_because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-th_1038740.jpg" --- > [“Because humans are complicated beasts," the monster said.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-the-monster-said/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/patrick-ness-449_animals_because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-th_1038740.jpg) > [“ I did not come to heal her, the monster said. I came to heal you. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-did-not-come-to-heal-her-the-monster-said-i-came-to-heal-you/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/patrick-ness-449_quote_i-did-not-come-to-heal-her-the-monster-s_1745550.jpg) > [It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/it-is-a-true-story-the-monster-said-many-things-that-are-true-feel/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07b/patrick-ness-449_cheat_it-is-a-true-story-the-monster-said-many_2577014.jpg) > [As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/as-destruction-goes-the-monster-said-behind-him-this-is-all/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/patrick-ness-449_behinds_as-destruction-goes-the-monster-said-beh_1440670.jpg) > [“You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-do-not-write-your-life-with-words-the-monster-said-you-write-it/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36e/patrick-ness-449_language_you-do-not-write-your-life-with-words-th_1742205.jpg) > [“ Stories are wild creatures , the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak? ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/stories-are-wild-creatures-the-monster-said-when-you-let-them-loose/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/patrick-ness-449_stories_stories-are-wild-creatures-the-monster-s_2577087.jpg) > [“ Stories are important, the monster said. They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/stories-are-important-the-monster-said-they-can-be-more-important/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b9f/patrick-ness-449_books_stories-are-important-the-monster-said-t_1767787.jpg) > [“ The answer is that it does not matter what you think , the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/the-answer-is-that-it-does-not-matter-what-you-think-the-monster-said-3/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/patrick-ness-449_contradict_the-answer-is-that-it-does-not-matter-wh_2839278.jpg) > [“ You think I tell you stories to teach you lessons ? the monster said. You think I have coming walking out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-think-i-tell-you-stories-to-teach-you-lessons-the-monster-said/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bf/patrick-ness-449_monster-said_you-think-i-tell-you-stories-to-teach-yo_2500950.jpg) > [“What did he say?” Conor asked. He said enough to bring me walking, the monster said. I know injustice when I see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/what-did-he-say-conor-asked-he-said-enough-to-bring-me-walking-the/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/077/patrick-ness-449_justice_what-did-he-say-conor-asked-he-said-enou_2265188.jpg) > [“Conor shook his head. "That's a terrible story. And a cheat." "It is a true story," the monster said. "Many things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/conor-shook-his-head-that-s-a-terrible-story-and-a-cheat-it-is-a-true/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/patrick-ness-449_true-story_conor-shook-his-head-that-s-a-terrible-s_697810.jpg) > [“ But what is a dream, Conor O'Malley? the monster said, bending down so it's face was close to Conor's. Who is…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eba/patrick-ness-449_conor_but-what-is-a-dream-conor-o-malley-the-m_31244.jpg) > [“ You know that is not true, the monster said. You know that your truth, the one that you hide, Conor O’Malley,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-know-that-is-not-true-the-monster-said-you-know-that-your-truth/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/patrick-ness-449_afraid_you-know-that-is-not-true-the-monster-sa_3010241.jpg) > [“ You were merely wishing for the end of pain, the monster said. Your own pain. An end to how it isolated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-were-merely-wishing-for-the-end-of-pain-the-monster-said-your-own/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/704/patrick-ness-449_pain_you-were-merely-wishing-for-the-end-of-p_2330173.jpg) > [“Conor looked down at his hands, finally unclenching them. "Because what I thought was so wrong." It was not wrong, the monster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/conor-looked-down-at-his-hands-finally-unclenching-them-because-what/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/patrick-ness-449_thought-wrong_conor-looked-down-at-his-hands-finally-u_2827365.jpg) > [“The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/the-answer-is-that-it-does-not-matter-what-you-think-the-monster-said/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/patrick-ness-449_psychology_the-answer-is-that-it-does-not-matter-wh_1518914.jpg) > [“ You must speak the truth and you must speak it now , Conor O'Malley. Say it. You must. Conor shook his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-must-speak-the-truth-and-you-must-speak-it-now-conor-o-malley-say/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/318/patrick-ness-449_speak-the-truth_you-must-speak-the-truth-and-you-must-sp_2910591.jpg) > [“I didn’t mean it,” Conor said. You did, the monster said, but you also did not. Conor sniffed and looked up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-didn-t-mean-it-conor-said-you-did-the-monster-said-but-you-also-did/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8b/patrick-ness-449_didn-mean_i-didn-t-mean-it-conor-said-you-did-the_2348147.jpg) > [“ Because humans are complicated beasts, the monster said. How can a queen be both a good witch and a bad witch?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-the-monster-said-how-can-a-2/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25f/patrick-ness-449_psychology_because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-th_2556792.jpg) > [“ Never invisible again , the monster said, finally letting up, its huge branch-like fists curled tight as a clap of thunder.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/never-invisible-again-the-monster-said-finally-letting-up-its-huge/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e0/patrick-ness-449_monster-said_never-invisible-again-the-monster-said-f_2875604.jpg) > [“You’re as old as the land and you’ve never heard of sarcasm?” Conor asked. Oh, I have heard of it, the monster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-re-as-old-as-the-land-and-you-ve-never-heard-of-sarcasm-conor/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c3/patrick-ness-449_sarcasm_you-re-as-old-as-the-land-and-you-ve-nev_400723.jpg) ## 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/monster-said/patrick-ness/#itemlist", "name": "21 Monster Said Quotes By Patrick Ness", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Because humans are complicated beasts,\" the monster said.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-the-monster-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/patrick-ness-449_animals_because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-th_1038740.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/patrick-ness-449_animals_because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-th_1038740.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/94f/patrick-ness-449_animals_because-humans-are-complicated-beasts-th_1038740.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Because humans are complicated beasts,\" the monster said.” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ I did not come to heal her, the monster said. 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