He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened. Patrick Ness More Quotes by Patrick Ness More Quotes From Patrick Ness War is like a monster," he says, almost to himself. "War is the devil. It starts and it consumes and it grows and grows and grows." He's looking at me now. "And otherwise normal men become monsters, too. Patrick Ness devilmenwar Do you not wonder sometimes, she showed now, sadly, if in some ways they are correct? That we are asking too much of the world?"No," he said. "They're the ones who are asking for too little." Patrick Ness too-muchlittlesworld How do you know yer alive if you don't hurt? Patrick Ness alivehurtknows Stories don’t always have happy endings. Patrick Ness happy-endingswild-worldstories Yer the only friend I got, pigpiss... Ain't that the biggest tragedy you ever heard? Patrick Ness tragedyheard And I know I’ve lost. Everything is lost. Everything is over. “As the newly appointed President of this fair planet of ours,” the Mayor says, holding out his hands as if to show me the world for the first time,” let me be the very first to welcome you to its new capital city.” “Todd?” Viola whispers, her eyes closed. I hold her tightly to me. “I’m sorry,” I whisper to her. “I’m so sorry.” We’ve run right into a trap. We’ve run right off the end of the world. “Welcome,” says the Mayor,” to the New Prentisstown. Patrick Ness eyesorryrunning ...and I have this stupid little thought that Aaron didn't survive the croc attack after all, that he died but he's so pissed off at me that dying didn't stop him from coming here to kill me anyway. Patrick Ness pissed-offdyingstupid I was born into all that, all that mess, the over-crowded swamp and the over-crowded sematary and the not-crowded-enough town, so I don’t remember nothing, don’t remember a world without Noise. My pa died of sickness before I was born and then my ma died, of course, no surprises there. Ben and Cillian took me in, raised me. Ben says my ma was the last of the women but everyone says that about everyone’s ma. Ben may not be lying, he believes it’s true, but who knows? Patrick Ness believelyingworld It's not the mistakes I made but how I responded to them Patrick Ness mademistake It's not how we fall. It's how we get back up again. Patrick Ness get-backperseverancefall Do we hate paradise so much we need to make sure it becomes a trash heap? Patrick Ness hatelifeneeds I promised to keep on going but maybe keep on going means coming back first. Patrick Ness coming-backmeanfirsts You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing. Patrick Ness chaos-walking You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do. Patrick Ness writingphilosophythinking There's always beauty, if you know where to look. Patrick Ness ifsknowslooks And otherwise normal men become monsters, too. Patrick Ness normalmonstersmen Why can't we learn to live with how we are? And whatever anybody chooses is okay by the rest of us? Patrick Ness okay I wish I had a hundred years, she said, very quietly. A hundred years I could give to you. Patrick Ness wishgivingyears 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. Patrick Ness clubsshapesdifferent You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she? And his Noise says the same. Interesting. Patrick Ness voiceinterestingmoving
