Quotes from Patrick Ness

It had just been a friendship, normal as anything. But then his mum's "little talk" had happened, and what came next was simple, really, and sudden. No one knew. Then Lily's mum knew, of course. Then Lily knew. And then everyone knew. Everyone. Which changed the whole world in a single day. And he was never going to forgive her for that.

Here is the boy, running. Here was the boy, drowning.

And there's yer lesson. There ain't nothing good that don't got real bad waiting to follow it.

Quien dice que no es todo lo demas lo que es un sueno

His face and his Noise are as blank as I remember but the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.

And the pain is too much it's too much it's too much and my hands are on my head and I'm rearing back and my mouth is open in a never-ending wordless wail of all the blackness that's inside of me.

A sudden, hard wind swirled up around them, and the monster spread its arms out wide, so wide they seemed to reach to opposite horizons, so wide they seemed big enough to encompass the world.

Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect. His

_Of course you are afraid_, the monster said, pushing him slowly forward. _And yet you will still do it._

It was like looking into the most despairing kind of madness, a madness that only felt hurt and pain, a madness that therefore could only act in hurt and pain.

One minute I'm standing there behind everyone and the next thing I know, I'm between Matthew and Viola, I have my knife out pointing at him, my own Noise falling like an avalanche and my mouth saying, "You best take two steps away from her and you best be taking 'em right quick.

He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder.

He's awake," she said, tears of joy still streaming. "Lee, Wilf. He's awake.

Las historias son lo mas salvaje de todo

Why die before you die? Your father and I have done something daring for probably the first time since we got married.

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 both. "But how do you fight it?" Conor asked, his voice rough. "How do you fight all the different stuff inside?" By speaking the truth,

La vita non si scrive con le parole, disse il mostro. Si scrive con le azioni. Quello che si pensa non conta. La sola cosa importante è ciò che si fa.

Children are, though, the last to be consulted on issues of their own welfare, so our opinions went unheard.

A story forgotten died. A story remembered not only lived, but grew.

Probably for the best, though. Turns out New World's oceans aren't really for fishing." "Why not?" "Oh, the fish are the size of your boat and they swim up alongside and look you in the eye and tell you how they're going to eat you." She laughs a little. "And then they eat you.

Usually when a man calls a woman a bitch," a voice calls over from a cart pulling up near us at the edge of camp, "it's because she's doing something right.

Cumplir años es envejecer, crecer es otra cosa.

Son," his father said, leaning forward. "Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect. His

There's peace to be found in doing something for yourself.