Quote by Patrick Ness, (A Monster Calls

“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

“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 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

Conor's a tough guy, but Conor's a guy I know I can beat.

— Chad Mendes

“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

“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

“ 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

“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

“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,…

— Patrick Ness

“He ain't big and he ain't strong, but that boy's got a by-God streak of fight in him. And he was going to need…

— mary doria russell