Patrick Ness Quotes
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But, somehow, Wilf knows. Somehow, Wilf always knows.
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In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.
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Too much talking," I say. "Not enough running.
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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.
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Worst is the one who knows better and does nothing.
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As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.
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We can save the world," I say, trying to smile. "You and me.
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You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.
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Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge.
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As to how you'll help me," he says. "Well, we have met the Answer, have we not?" He turns back to look at us, his eyes glinting. "It's time for them to meet the Ask.
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I was just trying to stay alive, looking for ways to find you, hoping you hadn't left me behind." "Never," I say. "Not never." He looks back up at me. "I'd never leave you neither." "You promise?" "Cross my heart, hope to die," he says, grinning shyly. "I promise, too," I say and I smile at him. "I ain't never leaving you, Todd Hewitt, not never again.
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We are the choices we make.
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Never trust a politician, Todd. They have no fixed center, so you can never believe them.
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Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. "I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking." I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening. "I think the asking is whether we get back up again.
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Except I didn't say eff.
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Now that I've seen her, I can't stop seeing her.
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Knowledge is dangerous.
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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.
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It's not the mistakes I made but how I responded to them.
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People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don't mind being told what to do.
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To say you have no choice is to relieve yourself of responsibility.
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Then at the top of the hill, the road forks. Which just figures. "You gotta be kidding." I say. One part of the road goes left, the other goes right. (Well, it's a "Fork" ain't it?)
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Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. In Prentisstown, everyone talks like they're sneaking up on their words, ready to club them from behind.
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Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.