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title: "4 Viola Says Quotes By Patrick Ness"
description: "4 Viola Says quotes by Patrick Ness. Plus more from Patrick Ness and more Viola Says sayings from other authors."
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> [“You starting to feel hope yet?" Viola asks, her voice curious. "No," I say, fuddling my noise. "You?" Her eyebrows are up…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dff/patrick-ness-449_hope_you-starting-to-feel-hope-yet-viola-asks_54933.jpg)

> [“There's always a choice," Viola says by my side. "Oh, people like to say that," the Mayor says. "It makes them feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/there-s-always-a-choice-viola-says-by-my-side-oh-people-like-to-say/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

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> [“Viola?" he says. And I turn to look at him - And when I do, I can hear everything he's thinking. Everything.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/viola-he-says-and-i-turn-to-look-at-him-and-when-i-do-i-can-hear/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/patrick-ness-449_quote_viola-he-says-and-i-turn-to-look-at-him_1453050.jpg)

> [“I'll ask ye this once," the woman says, lifting the rifle again. "Am I gonna need this?" I exchange a glance with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-ll-ask-ye-this-once-the-woman-says-lifting-the-rifle-again-am-i/)

[Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/)

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## 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/)

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