War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too much knowledge of his weakness, his pathetic greed and vanity, and how laughably easy it is to control him. Patrick Ness More Quotes by Patrick Ness More Quotes From Patrick Ness Librarians open up the world. Knowledge is useless if you don't even know where to begin to look. How much more can you discover when someone can point you in the right direction, when someone can maybe even give you a treasure map, to places you may not have even thought you were allowed to go? This is what librarians do. Patrick Ness useless giving world It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat. Patrick Ness cheat stories monsters We have to lie to ourselves to live. Otherwise, we'd go crazy. Patrick Ness crazy lying You said we all want there to be more than this! Well, there's always more than this. There's always something you don't know. Patrick Ness wells want said Know yourself and go in swinging. Patrick Ness know-yourself knows Sometimes people need to lie to themselves most of all. Patrick Ness lying people needs The green things of this world are just wondrous, aren’t they?” his mother went on. “We work so hard to get rid of them when sometimes they’re the very thing that saves us. Patrick Ness green mother world You be as angry as you need to be,” she said. “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard. Patrick Ness dad grandma needs He was still alive. Which was the worst thing that could have happened. Patrick Ness worst alive stills You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it. Patrick Ness accepting trouble men Now that I've seen her, I can't stop seeing her. Patrick Ness seeing i-can Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. It's pointless and stupid and there's only suffering and pain and people who want to hurt you. You can't love nothing or no one cuz it'll all be taken away or ruined and you'll be left alone and constantly having to fight, constantly having to run just to stay alive. Patrick Ness pain hurt running The only place you belong is the place you can never go back. And so yer always alone, forever and always. Patrick Ness always-alone forever Superior numbers versus superior firepower. A recipe for unending slaughter. Patrick Ness unending recipes numbers It's always darkest before the dawn, Todd.” I look at him, baffled. “No, it ain't! What kinda stupid saying is that? It's always lightest before the dawn! Patrick Ness dawn stupid looks Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell. Patrick Ness life long thinking Here is the boy, drowning. Patrick Ness drowning boys Guessing a thing ain't knowing a thing. Patrick Ness guessing knowing It was solitude, but it was solitude that wasn't lonely. Solitude that could sort things out. And he hadn't had that in ages. Patrick Ness solitude lonely age Because he KNEW he was doing wrong. He felt the PAIN of his actions'-- 'But he did not amen them,' shows the Sky. 'The rest are worth as much as their pack animals,' I show, 'but worst is the one who knows better and does NOTHING. Patrick Ness pain sky animal
