Cheat 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…

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“Many things that are true feel like a cheat.”

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

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“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 didn’t mean it,” Conor said. You did, the monster said, but you also did not. Conor sniffed and looked up to its face,…

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“ You were merely wishing for the end of pain, the monster said. Your own pain. An end to how it isolated you. It…

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

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“ Stories are important, the monster said. They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth. ”

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“ I did not come to heal her, the monster said. I came to heal you. ”

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“You do not write your life with words, the monster said. You write it with actions.”

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“The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each…

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As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.

— Patrick Ness