“Oh, poor little Seth, with his poor little parents who didn't love him. You said we all want there to be more… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“His mother shakes her head. “Everyone thinks they know what’s best. Everyone.” And then a voice behind him says, “Sometimes you need… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“There was his father, looking totally different but exactly the same. “Hey, son,” his dad said, his voice bending in that weird… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“His grandma wouldn’t be here when his father arrived. Which suited everyone.” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“They're your parents. They're meant to love you because . Never in spite .” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Conor held tightly onto his mother. And by doing so, he could finally let her go. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“I don’t want you to go,” he said, the tears dropping from his eyes, slowly at first, then spilling like a river.… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“THERE IT IS,’ my mother says, and what she means is that the dot we’ve been nearing for weeks, the one that’s… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
The green things of this world are just wondrous, aren’t they?” his mother went on. “We work so hard to get rid… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“People see stories everywhere,” Regine says. “That’s what my father used to say. We take random events and we put them together… — 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
