Quotes from Patrick Ness

But the thing about good ideas is that they grow other ideas.

You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.

You let me go," I say. "I'll show you all about how I'm gonna transform you.

What else is there to say?Everything and nothing. You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

Not everyone has to be the Chosen One. Not everyone has to be the guy who saves the world. Most people just have to live their lives the best they can, doing the things that are great for them, having great friends, trying to make their lives better, loving people properly. All the while knowing that the world makes no sense but trying to find a way to be happy anyway.

Poo" Manchee barks quielty to himself. "Poo, poo, poo." "Just have yer stupid poo and quit yapping about it.

I just stand there like a doofus wondering just what in the effing blazes is going on.

This is not the way our story ends. You know this' - 'Stories do not end.' - 'Ah, you are right, but you are also wrong. They end and they begin every moment. It is all about when you stop the telling.

Ah, well, then you've never stood on a beach as the waves came crashing in, the water stretching out from you until it's beyond sight, moving and blue and alive and so much bigger than even the black beyond seems because the ocean hides what it contains." She shakes her head in a happy way. "If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an ocean.

I do what I have to do," I say. I do what I have to do to save him. I do what I have to do to save Todd.

TODD!" I shout again - And he looks at me - And I hear my name in his Noise - And I know it - I know it in my heart - Right now - Todd Hewitt - There's nothing we can't do together - And we're gonna win -

You know that is not true, the monster said. You know that your truth, the one that you hide, Conor O'Malley, is the thing you are most afraid of.

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 New World. I will be a man in one month's time exactly.

I have two maxims that I believe, dear girl. One, if you can control yourself, you can control others. Two, if you can control information, you can control others.

But then I think Viola - I think of her out there - And I push it back - I feel my hands on the floor - I use them to rise to my knees - I lift my head - To see the Mayor's surprised face only a yard or so away, coming toward me, something in his hand- "Goodness," he says, sounding almost cheerful. "Even stronger than I thought.

This is how we are protecting you, by getting you out.

Is this what war is? Is this what men want so much? Is this sposed to make them men?

Now that, said the monster, is how destruction is properly done.

No," Seth says, firmly, "what I've learned is that there actually is more. There's you guys. You guys are my more.

Tu vida no la escribes con palabras. La escribes con acciones. Lo que piensas no es importante. Lo único que importa es lo que haces.

Conor O'Malley who wants to be punished," Harry said, still stepping back, his eyes on Conor's. "Conor O'Malley who needs to be punished. And why is that, Conor O'Malley? What secrets do you hide that are so terrible?

And it's a sad song, Todd, but it's also a promise. I'll never deceive you and I'll never leave you and I promise you this so you can one day promise it to others and know that it's true.

Smart boys make useless men.

I hate myself so much I want to stick a knife in my heart.