Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness
Patrick Nessis an American author, journalist and lecturer who moved to London at age of 28 and now holds dual citizenship. He is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth17 October 1971
CountryUnited States of America
running hurt pain
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.
numbers recipes slaughter
Superior numbers versus superior firepower. A recipe for unending slaughter.
stupid baffled dawn
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!
girl believe trying
Ideals, my girl,” she says. “Always easier to believe in than live.” “But if you don't at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there's no point in living at all.
worry people mind
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.
life thinking long
Don't think you haven't lived long enough to have a story to tell.
boys drowning
Here is the boy, drowning.
nice two people
It's always nice when two people who don't got no one else find each other as friends.
men crowds capable
A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.
okay
Why can't we learn to live with how we are? And whatever anybody chooses is okay by the rest of us?
goes-on time-goes-on
Time goes on, even when yer not looking.
steps poet steps-forward
Nobody has to tell nobody nothing,” I say, taking another step forward. “You never were a poet, were you, Todd?” he says.
men mad too-much
And too much informayshun can drive a man mad. Too much informayshun becomes just Noise. And it never, never stops.
race stories ends
Stories don’t end with the writers, however many started the race.