“Is this what war is? Is this what men want so much? Is this sposed to make them men?” — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job. — 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
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
If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I'll do it, Todd," I whisper. "I'll come with you." And he doesn't say anything, just squeezes my hand harder and brings… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Whereas the town knows all about you already and wants to know more and wants to beat you with what it knows… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
If the world wants you, it's gonna keep on coming till it gets you. And who am I that can fix it?… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
So we forgive each other?" The crooked smile climbs up one more time. "Again?" And I look right into his eyes, right… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I remember the ache I used to feel when she got too close, how it felt like grief, how it felt like… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. It's pointless and stupid and there's only suffering and pain and people who want to… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Cept for Ben, who I can’t describe much further without seeming soft and stupid and like a boy, so I won’t, just… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
As long as I hold it as long as I use it, the knife lives, lives in order to take life, but… — 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
“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
“ 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
“And I feel her against me - And I think Viola - I think VIOLA! - I think VIOLA!!!! ” — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for. — Patrick Ness Copy Share
Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
“This was a kingdom. (“What?” Conor said, looking around his backyard. “Here?”) (The monster cocked its head at him curiously. You have not heard… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
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… — Patrick Ness Copy Share
