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
Patrick Ness quotes about
films mobile puts
If you're 15 and you tell someone a secret, they can put it up on Facebook. If you make a mistake, someone films it on their mobile and puts it up on YouTube. When you're 15, you deserve privacy.
okay
Why can't we learn to live with how we are? And whatever anybody chooses is okay by the rest of us?
deceiving never-leave-me leaving-me
Don't deceive me. Never leave me.
wild-world stories happy-endings
Stories don’t always have happy endings.
numbers recipes slaughter
Superior numbers versus superior firepower. A recipe for unending slaughter.
hills figures top-of-the-hill
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?)
breaths
We sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more," I say to Manchee under my breath.
comforting dying
Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.
monsters destruction said
As destruction goes, the monster said behind him, this is all remarkably pitiful.
shapes clubs letters
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.
behinds knows
I don’t know what’s ahead,” I say. “I don’t know nothing about nothing but whatever it is, it’s gotta be better than what’s behind. It’s gotta be.