--- title: "17 Want Quotes By Patrick Ness" description: "17 Want quotes by Patrick Ness. Plus more from Patrick Ness and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/patrick-ness-449_boxes_i-want-a-campfire-box-2210048_2210048.jpg" --- > [I want a campfire box.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-want-a-campfire-box/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/patrick-ness-449_boxes_i-want-a-campfire-box-2210048_2210048.jpg) > [“Is this what war is? Is this what men want so much? Is this sposed to make them men?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/is-this-what-war-is-is-this-what-men-want-so-much-is-this-sposed-to/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e02/patrick-ness-449_war_is-this-what-war-is-is-this-what-men-wan_1194016.jpg) > [Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/knowledge-is-dangerous-and-men-lie-and-the-world-changes-whether-i/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/491/patrick-ness-449_dangerous_knowledge-is-dangerous-and-men-lie-and-t_495565.jpg) > [“I want a world where you can live and be happy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-want-a-world-where-you-can-live-and-be-happy/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/patrick-ness-449_happiness_i-want-a-world-where-you-can-live-and-be_2395062.jpg) > [That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/that-s-what-i-want-as-a-reader-i-want-to-be-confident-that-the-book/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/patrick-ness-449_be-confident_that-s-what-i-want-as-a-reader-i-want-to_379239.jpg) > [Noise ain't Truth, Noise is what men want to be true, and there's a difference twixt those two things so big that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/noise-ain-t-truth-noise-is-what-men-want-to-be-true-and-there-s-a/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b33/patrick-ness-449_being-true_noise-ain-t-truth-noise-is-what-men-want_3096274.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-ll-do-it-todd-i-whisper-i-ll-come-with-you-and-he-doesn-t-say/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/192/patrick-ness-449_breathe_i-ll-do-it-todd-i-whisper-i-ll-come-with_1285205.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/you-said-we-all-want-there-to-be-more-than-this-well-there-s-always/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/patrick-ness-449_said_you-said-we-all-want-there-to-be-more-th_1095573.jpg) > [If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/if-you-ever-want-to-see-how-small-you-are-in-the-plan-of-god-just/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/patrick-ness-449_ocean_if-you-ever-want-to-see-how-small-you-ar_2156928.jpg) > [Whereas the town knows all about you already and wants to know more and wants to beat you with what it knows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/whereas-the-town-knows-all-about-you-already-and-wants-to-know-more/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/095/patrick-ness-449_beats_whereas-the-town-knows-all-about-you-alr_129277.jpg) > [People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/people-say-they-want-freedom-but-what-they-really-want-is-freedom-2/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e98/patrick-ness-449_care_people-say-they-want-freedom-but-what-th_3014632.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/life-ain-t-fair-it-ain-t-not-never-it-s-pointless-and-stupid-and/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/patrick-ness-449_alive_life-ain-t-fair-it-ain-t-not-never-it-s_2661360.jpg) > [I remember the ache I used to feel when she got too close, how it felt like grief, how it felt like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-remember-the-ache-i-used-to-feel-when-she-got-too-close-how-it-felt/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/patrick-ness-449_ache_i-remember-the-ache-i-used-to-feel-when_850507.jpg) > [Cept for Ben, who I can’t describe much further without seeming soft and stupid and like a boy, so I won’t, just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/cept-for-ben-who-i-can-t-describe-much-further-without-seeming-soft/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/patrick-ness-449_boys_cept-for-ben-who-i-can-t-describe-much-f_112428.jpg) > [If the world wants you, it's gonna keep on coming till it gets you. And who am I that can fix it?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/if-the-world-wants-you-it-s-gonna-keep-on-coming-till-it-gets-you-and/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/patrick-ness-449_end-of-the-world_if-the-world-wants-you-it-s-gonna-keep-o_990287.jpg) > [So we forgive each other?" The crooked smile climbs up one more time. "Again?" And I look right into his eyes, right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/so-we-forgive-each-other-the-crooked-smile-climbs-up-one-more-time/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/159/patrick-ness-449_climbs_so-we-forgive-each-other-the-crooked-smi_2914001.jpg) > [As long as I hold it as long as I use it, the knife lives, lives in order to take life, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/as-long-as-i-hold-it-as-long-as-i-use-it-the-knife-lives-lives-in/) [Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/patrick-ness-449_cutting_as-long-as-i-hold-it-as-long-as-i-use-it_527029.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/patrick-ness/#itemlist", "name": "17 Want Quotes By Patrick Ness", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want a campfire box.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ness" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ness/i-want-a-campfire-box/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/patrick-ness-449_boxes_i-want-a-campfire-box-2210048_2210048.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/patrick-ness-449_boxes_i-want-a-campfire-box-2210048_2210048.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/patrick-ness-449_boxes_i-want-a-campfire-box-2210048_2210048.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want a campfire box.” — Patrick Ness", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Is this what war is? 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