Faith with proof is no faith at all. by Patrick Ness

Faith with proof is no faith at all.

Patrick Ness

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As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all rem... by Patrick Ness

As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.

destruction monsters said

Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the... by Patrick Ness

Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits.

half belief healing

Conor was no longer invisible. They all saw him now. But he was f... by Patrick Ness

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

invisible saws

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

bully annoyed one-day

"You can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what... by Patrick Ness

"You can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.

Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you co... by Patrick Ness

Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.

wild-world stories animal

A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes... by Patrick Ness

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

men war thinking

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.

eye answers looks

So who are you then, Todd Hewitt?" he says. "What makes you so special?" Now that, I think, is a very good asking.

special asking thinking

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

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

knives

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?)

top-of-the-hill forks hills

We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more," I say to Ma... by Patrick Ness

We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more," I say to Manchee under my breath.

breaths

Flakes of white fall thru the trees and onto the road, catching on our clothes and hair. It's a silent fall and it's weird how it makes everything else seem quiet, too, like it's trying to tell you a secret, a terrible, terrible secret.

clothes white fall

Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. by Patrick Ness

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

fairs

HERE It’s- Can I say? It’s like the song of a family where everything’s always all right, it’s a song of belonging that makes you belong just by hearing it, it’s a song that’ll always take care of you and never leave you. If you have a heart, it breaks, if you have a heart that’s broken, it fixes.

broken heart song

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.

eye men thinking

Cept for Ben, who I can’t describe much further without seeming soft and stupid and like a boy, so I won’t, just to say that I never knew my pa, but if you woke up one day and had a choice of picking one from a selecshun, if someone said, here, then, boy, pick who you want, then Ben wouldn’t be the worst choice you could make that morning.

stupid morning boys

She looks at me. She does. She. by Patrick Ness

She looks at me. She does. She.

look-at-me doe looks

I want a campfire box. by Patrick Ness

I want a campfire box.

campfire boxes want

Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe y... by Patrick Ness

Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.

dying comforting