True story Quote by Patrick Ness

“Conor shook his head. "That's a terrible story. And a cheat." "It is a true story," the monster said. "Many things that are true…

— Patrick Ness

“I knew it,” Conor grumbled. “These kinds of stories always have stupid princes falling in love.” He started walking back to the house. “I…

— Patrick Ness

“Conor looked down at his hands, finally unclenching them. "Because what I thought was so wrong." It was not wrong, the monster said, It…

— Patrick Ness

“This is all sounding pretty fairy tale-ish,” Conor said, suspiciously. You would not say that if you heard the screams of a man killed…

— Patrick Ness

“Conor wasn’t stupid. When they’d had the “little talk” the next day, he knew what his mum had done and why she had done…

— Patrick Ness

“ Many things that are true feel like a cheat. Kingdoms get the princes they deserve, farmers’ daughters die for no reason, and sometimes…

— 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…

— Patrick Ness

“ The parson refused to believe the Apothecary could help, said the monster. When times were easy, the parson nearly destroyed the Apothecary, but…

— Patrick Ness

“Are you being a good boy for your mum?” Conor’s grandma pinched Conor’s cheeks so hard he swore she was going to draw blood.…

— Patrick Ness

“Conor studied the man before him. “You’re talking second chances?” The priest shrugged, matter-of-fact. “God hands them out all the time. Why not you?…

— Ruth Logan Herne

“What did he say?” Conor asked. He said enough to bring me walking, the monster said. I know injustice when I see it. ”

— Patrick Ness

“Is it true?" Devlin asked me. "You're Prince Jaron?" "KING Jaron, actually. News must travel slower amongst the illiterate." I glared at Gregor with…

— Jennifer A. Nielsen