Quotes from Patrick Ness

Conor was no longer invisible. They all saw him now. But he was further away than ever.

So we forgive each other?" The crooked smile climbs up one more time. "Again?" And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say. "Always," I say to him. "Every time.

But,' he thinks, 'it's possible to die before you die.

Knowledge is dangerous.

Don't deceive me. Never leave me.

And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most.

The mistake of every young person is to think they're the only ones who see darkness and hardship in the world." ... "The mistake of every adult, though, is to think darkness and hardship aren't important to young people because we'll grow out of it. Who cares if we will? Life is happening to us now, just like it's happening to you.

You think I tell you stories to teach you lessons ? the monster said. You think I have coming walking out of time and earth itself to teach you a lesson in niceness ?

Because I'm not blind to how Harry works, you know," she said. "A bully with charisma and top marks is still a bully." She sighed, annoyed. "He'll probably end up Prime Minister one day. God help us all.

Ow, Todd? Ow?

And she says, "Then let's just take the effing road and get ourselves to Haven." I smile, a little. "You said effing ," I say. "You actually said the word effing .

Belief is half of all healing.

And it feels like, finally.

Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.

We share out craziness, our neuroses, our little bit of screwed-up-ness that comes from our family. We share it. And it feels like love.

A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men.

I feel like I'm way down this deep, deep hole and I'm looking up and all there is is this little dot of light and I have to shout at the top of my lungs for anyone to hear me and even when I do, I say the wrong thing or they don't really listen or they're just humouring me.

Who cares even if I didn't?!" Conor shouted back. "They're just stupid berries. Woo-hoo, so scary . Oh, please, please, save me from the berries !" The monster looked at him quizzically. How strange , it said. The words you say tell me you are scared of the berries, but your actions seems to suggest otherwise.

A knife is only as good as the one who wields it.

You know that your truth, the one that you hide… is the thing you are most afraid of.

What's important is that I know how much you worry about shit. And what's also important is that I know a big part of your worry is that, no matter what group of friends you're in, no matter how long you've known them, you always assume you're the least-wanted person there. The one everyone else could do without.

There's so much wonder in the world. Don't let no one tell you otherwise.

Viola?" he says. And I turn to look at him - And when I do, I can hear everything he's thinking. Everything. Clearer than before, clearer than seems possible - And I'm not even sure I'm supposed to, but I look him in the eyes and I see it - In the middle of everything he's feeling - Even after we fought - Even after I doubted him - Even after I hurt him - I see how much he loves me.

And then his noise falls completely silent- And he stops struggling- And looking right into my eyes- He dies. My Todd dies.