--- title: "18 Viola Quotes By Patrick Ness" description: "18 Viola quotes by Patrick Ness. Plus more from Patrick Ness and more Viola sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/patrick-ness-449_calling_i-ll-find-you-keep-calling-for-me-viola_2091849.jpg" --- > [I'll find you- Keep calling for me, Viola- Cuz here I come.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-ll-find-you-keep-calling-for-me-viola-cuz-here-i-come/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/patrick-ness-449_calling_i-ll-find-you-keep-calling-for-me-viola_2091849.jpg) > [“He's a woman. He's a grown woman He's a old woman.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/he-s-a-woman-he-s-a-grown-woman-he-s-a-old-woman/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b3/patrick-ness-449_old-woman_he-s-a-woman-he-s-a-grown-woman-he-s-a-o_289143.jpg) > [“You said war should never be personal, but that’s all it’s ever been for me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-said-war-should-never-be-personal-but-that-s-all-it-s-ever-been/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/patrick-ness-449_viola_you-said-war-should-never-be-personal-bu_1318472.jpg) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af5/patrick-ness-449_feel_and-i-feel-her-against-me-and-i-think-vi_46330.jpg) > [We run down the right fork, Manchee at our heels, the night and a dusty road stretching out in front of us,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/we-run-down-the-right-fork-manchee-at-our-heels-the-night-and-a-dusty/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/patrick-ness-449_army_we-run-down-the-right-fork-manchee-at-ou_353813.jpg) > [Viola? Keep calling for me– And I’ll keep searching for you– And I’ll find you– You bet yer life on it– I’ll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/viola-keep-calling-for-me-and-i-ll-keep-searching-for-you-and-i-ll/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/patrick-ness-449_calling_viola-keep-calling-for-me-and-i-ll-keep_1345756.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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b93/patrick-ness-449_quote_there-s-always-a-choice-viola-says-by-my_1419327.jpg) > [“And she says, “Then let’s just take the effing road and get ourselves to Haven.” I smile, a little. “You said effing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/and-she-says-then-let-s-just-take-the-effing-road-and-get-ourselves/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e93/patrick-ness-449_funny_and-she-says-then-let-s-just-take-the-ef_2645722.jpg) > [Viola blows out a thoughtful air. "My dad used to say, 'There's only forward, Vi, only outward and up.'" "There's only forward,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/viola-blows-out-a-thoughtful-air-my-dad-used-to-say-there-s-only/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72d/patrick-ness-449_air_viola-blows-out-a-thoughtful-air-my-dad_3127948.jpg) > [“And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/and-i-look-right-into-his-eyes-right-into-him-as-far-as-i-can-see/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/patrick-ness-449_chaos-walking_and-i-look-right-into-his-eyes-right-int_1995466.jpg) > [“HELP!” I race to the square, crossing it, looking all around, listening out- No . No . It’s empty. Viola’s breathing heavy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/help-i-race-to-the-square-crossing-it-looking-all-around-listening/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c1/patrick-ness-449_help_help-i-race-to-the-square-crossing-it-lo_1871319.jpg) > [“More real , more there , like it's just the most incredible thing in the world that we're both still alive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/more-real-more-there-like-it-s-just-the-most-incredible-thing-in-the/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/patrick-ness-449_feel_more-real-more-there-like-it-s-just-the_2832682.jpg) > [“His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still- See how he feels the skin of my hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/his-noise-is-getting-quieter-but-i-can-still-see-it-there-still-see/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/patrick-ness-449_kiss_his-noise-is-getting-quieter-but-i-can-s_562138.jpg) > [“He looks up and the loss in his Noise is so great it feels like I'm standing on the edge of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/he-looks-up-and-the-loss-in-his-noise-is-so-great-it-feels-like-i-m-2/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/patrick-ness-449_standing-on-the-edge_he-looks-up-and-the-loss-in-his-noise-is_1810042.jpg) > [“But what he's forgetting," she says. "What he's forgotting is that me and Todd, we ran halfway across this planet together, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/but-what-he-s-forgetting-she-says-what-he-s-forgotting-is-that-me-and/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/patrick-ness-449_beaten_but-what-he-s-forgetting-she-says-what-h_2867802.jpg) > [And I know I’ve lost. Everything is lost. Everything is over. “As the newly appointed President of this fair planet of ours,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/and-i-know-i-ve-lost-everything-is-lost-everything-is-over-as-the/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/patrick-ness-449_cities_and-i-know-i-ve-lost-everything-is-lost_1147982.jpg) > [“Who told you that?" I say. "Davy Prentiss?" He blinks. "What?" "What do you mean what ?" My voice is harder now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/who-told-you-that-i-say-davy-prentiss-he-blinks-what-what-do-you-mean/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/patrick-ness-449_band_who-told-you-that-i-say-davy-prentiss-he_1006540.jpg) > [“Or perhaps we should just ask Todd." I pound the glass right at his face. He doesn't even flinch. And then she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/or-perhaps-we-should-just-ask-todd-i-pound-the-glass-right-at-his/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/patrick-ness-449_ask_or-perhaps-we-should-just-ask-todd-i-pou_1133152.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/viola/patrick-ness/#itemlist", "name": "18 Viola Quotes By Patrick Ness", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'll find you- Keep calling for me, Viola- Cuz here I come.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-ll-find-you-keep-calling-for-me-viola-cuz-here-i-come/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/patrick-ness-449_calling_i-ll-find-you-keep-calling-for-me-viola_2091849.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/patrick-ness-449_calling_i-ll-find-you-keep-calling-for-me-viola_2091849.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa1/patrick-ness-449_calling_i-ll-find-you-keep-calling-for-me-viola_2091849.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'll find you- Keep calling for me, Viola- Cuz here I come.” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He's a woman. 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Viola’s…” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“More real , more there , like it's just the most incredible thing in the world that we're both still alive and I feel my chest get all funny and tight and I think, Here she is, right here, my Viola, she came for me, she's here- And I find myself thinking how I want to take her hand again and never let it go, to feel the skin of it, the warmth of it, hold it tight against my own hand...”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/more-real-more-there-like-it-s-just-the-most-incredible-thing-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/patrick-ness-449_feel_more-real-more-there-like-it-s-just-the_2832682.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/patrick-ness-449_feel_more-real-more-there-like-it-s-just-the_2832682.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/patrick-ness-449_feel_more-real-more-there-like-it-s-just-the_2832682.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“More real , more there , like it's just the most incredible thing in the world that we're both still alive…” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still- See how he feels the skin of my hand against his, see how he wants to take it and press it against his mouth, how he wants to breathe in the smell of me and how beautiful I look to him, how strong after all that illness, and how he wants to just lightly touch my neck, just there, and how he wants to take me in his arms and- \"Oh, God,\" he says, looking away suddenly. \"Viola, I'm sorry, I didn't mean-\" But I just put my hand to the back of his neck- And he says, \"Viola-?\" And I pull myself towards him- And I kiss him. And it feels like, finally.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/his-noise-is-getting-quieter-but-i-can-still-see-it-there-still-see/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/patrick-ness-449_kiss_his-noise-is-getting-quieter-but-i-can-s_562138.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/patrick-ness-449_kiss_his-noise-is-getting-quieter-but-i-can-s_562138.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/866/patrick-ness-449_kiss_his-noise-is-getting-quieter-but-i-can-s_562138.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“His noise is getting quieter, but I can still see it there still- See how he feels the skin of my hand…” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He looks up and the loss in his Noise is so great it feels like I'm standing on the edge of an abyss, that I'm about to fall down into him, into blackness so empty and lonely there'd never be a way out. \"Todd,\" I say again, a catch in my voice. \"On the ledge, under the waterfall, do you remember what you said to me? Do you remember what you said to save me?\" He's shaking his head slowly. \"I've done terrible things, Viola. Terrible things-\" \" We all fall , you said.\" I'm gripping his hand now. \"We all fall but that's not what matters. 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We beat his craziest preacher. We outran an entire army and survived being shot and beaten and chased and we bloody well stayed alive this whole time without being blown up or tortured to death or dying in battle or anything.\" She takes her hand of Lee so she's balancing just against me. \"Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor?\" She smiles. \"He doesn't stand a chance.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/but-what-he-s-forgetting-she-says-what-he-s-forgotting-is-that-me-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/patrick-ness-449_beaten_but-what-he-s-forgetting-she-says-what-h_2867802.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/patrick-ness-449_beaten_but-what-he-s-forgetting-she-says-what-h_2867802.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05d/patrick-ness-449_beaten_but-what-he-s-forgetting-she-says-what-h_2867802.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But what he's forgetting,\" she says. \"What he's forgotting is that me and Todd, we ran halfway across this…” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And I know I’ve lost. Everything is lost. Everything is over. “As the newly appointed President of this fair planet of ours,” the Mayor says, holding out his hands as if to show me the world for the first time,” let me be the very first to welcome you to its new capital city.” “Todd?” Viola whispers, her eyes closed. I hold her tightly to me. “I’m sorry,” I whisper to her. “I’m so sorry.” We’ve run right into a trap. We’ve run right off the end of the world. “Welcome,” says the Mayor,” to the New Prentisstown.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/and-i-know-i-ve-lost-everything-is-lost-everything-is-over-as-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/patrick-ness-449_cities_and-i-know-i-ve-lost-everything-is-lost_1147982.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/patrick-ness-449_cities_and-i-know-i-ve-lost-everything-is-lost_1147982.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/patrick-ness-449_cities_and-i-know-i-ve-lost-everything-is-lost_1147982.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And I know I’ve lost. Everything is lost. Everything is over. “As the newly appointed President of this fair…” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Who told you that?\" I say. \"Davy Prentiss?\" He blinks. \"What?\" \"What do you mean what ?\" My voice is harder now. \"Your new best friend. The man who shot me, Todd, and who you ride to work with laughing every morning.\" He clenches his hands into fists. \"You've been spying on me?\" he says. \"Three months I don't see you, three months I don't hear nothing from you and you been spying ? Is that what yer doing in your spare time when yer not blowing people up?\" \"Yeah,\" I yell, my voice getting louder to match his. \"Three months of defending you to people who'd only be too happy to call you enemy, Todd. Three months of wondering why the hell you're working so hard for the Mayor and how he knew to go right for the ocean the day after we spoke.\" He winces, but I keep going, thrusting out my arm and pulling up on the sleeve. \"Three months wondering why you put these on women!\" His face changes in an instant. He actually calls out as if he felt the pain himself. He puts a hand to his mouth to stifle it but his Noise is suddenly washed with blackness. He moves his fingertips of his other hand within reach of the band, hovering over my skin, over the band that'll never be removed unless I lose my arm. The skin is still red, and band 1391 still trobs, despite the healing of three mistresses. \"Oh, no,\" he says. \"Oh, no.\" The side door opens and the man who let me in leans out. \"Everything all right out there, Lieutenant?\" \"Lieutenant?\" I say. \"We're fine,\" Todd chokes a little. \"We're fine.\" The man waits for a second, then goes back inside. \" Lieutenant ?\" I say again, lowering my voice. Todd's leant down, his hands on his knees, staring at the floor. \"It wasn't me, was it?\" he says, his voice quiet, too. \"I didn't-\" He gestures again at the band without looking up. \"I didn't do it without knowing it was you, did I?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/who-told-you-that-i-say-davy-prentiss-he-blinks-what-what-do-you-mean/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/patrick-ness-449_band_who-told-you-that-i-say-davy-prentiss-he_1006540.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/patrick-ness-449_band_who-told-you-that-i-say-davy-prentiss-he_1006540.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7df/patrick-ness-449_band_who-told-you-that-i-say-davy-prentiss-he_1006540.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Who told you that?\" I say. \"Davy Prentiss?\" He blinks. \"What?\" \"What do you mean what ?\" My voice is harder…” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Or perhaps we should just ask Todd.\" I pound the glass right at his face. He doesn't even flinch. And then she says, \"Todd would never tell you. Never.\" And the Mayor just looks at me. And he smiles My stomach sinks, my heart drops, my head feels so light I feel like I'm going to drop right to the ground. Oh, Viola- Viola, please- Forgive me. \"Captain Hammar,\" the Mayor says and Viola's plunged into the water again, unable to not scream out in fright as down she goes. \"NO!\" I shout, pressing myself against the mirror. But the Mayor ain't even looking at her. He's looking right at me, as if he could see me even if I was behind a brick wall. \"STOP IT!\" I shout as she's thrashing again- And more- And more- \"VIOLA!\" And I'm pounding even tho my hands are breaking- And Mr. Hammar is grinning and holding her there- \"VIOLA!\" And her wrist are starting to bleed from where she's pulling- \"I'LL KILL YOU!\"- I'm shouting into the Mayor's face- With all my Noise- \"I'LL KILL YOU!\"- And still holding her there- \"VIOLA! VIOLA!\"- But it's Davy- Of all people- It's Davy who stops it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/or-perhaps-we-should-just-ask-todd-i-pound-the-glass-right-at-his/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/patrick-ness-449_ask_or-perhaps-we-should-just-ask-todd-i-pou_1133152.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/patrick-ness-449_ask_or-perhaps-we-should-just-ask-todd-i-pou_1133152.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c4/patrick-ness-449_ask_or-perhaps-we-should-just-ask-todd-i-pou_1133152.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Or perhaps we should just ask Todd.\" I pound the glass right at his face. He doesn't even flinch. 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