Patrick Ness Quotes

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• War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too…
• We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more," I say to Manchee under my breath.
• Then at the top of the hill, the road forks. Which just figures. "You gotta be kidding." I say. One part of the road goes…
• A knife is only as good as the one who wields it.
• So who are you then, Todd Hewitt?" he says. "What makes you so special?" Now that, I think, is a very good asking.
• As to how you'll help me," he says. "Well, we have met the Answer, have we not?" He turns back to look at us, his…
• A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men.
• Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.
• you can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.
• Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with a charisma and top marks is still a bully." She…
• Conor was no longer invisible. They all saw him now. But he was further away than ever.
• Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits.
• Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing…
• As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.
• Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.
• Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down…
• I am Todd Hewitt, I think to myself with my eyes closed. I am twelve years and twelve months old. I live in Prentisstown on…
• Cept for Ben, who I can’t describe much further without seeming soft and stupid and like a boy, so I won’t, just to say that…
• She looks at me. She does. She.
• HERE It’s- Can I say? It’s like the song of a family where everything’s always all right, it’s a song of belonging that makes you…

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