A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
A book… it’s a world all on its own too. A world made of words, where you live for a while. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
That's what librarians do. They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don’t know how to find it, if… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don’t know how to find it, if you don’t even know… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
Librarians open up the world. Knowledge is useless if you don't even know where to begin to look. How much more can… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“There's so much proscription in the lives of young people, and it's so vital to have a place that says, look, here… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
“A book, he thinks at one point, rubbing his eyes, tired from so much focused reading. It's a world all on its… — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image
I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for… — 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
![“I was a hugely unchaperoned reader, and I would wander into my local public library and there sat the world, waiting for me to look at it, to find out about it, to discover who I might be inside it." [ Patrick Ness slams library cuts ( The Guardian , 23 June 2011)]” quote by Patrick Ness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/016/patrick-ness-449_books_i-was-a-hugely-unchaperoned-reader-and-i_1112530.jpg)
