If you ever want to see how small you are in the plan of God, just stand at the edge of an ocean.
Patrick NessWar 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 NessWe sure as ruddy heck ain't in Prentisstown no more," I say to Manchee under my breath.
Patrick NessNobody has to tell nobody nothing,โ I say, taking another step forward. โYou never were a poet, were you, Todd?โ he says.
Patrick NessYou 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 NessCept for Ben, who I canโt describe much further without seeming soft and stupid and like a boy, so I wonโt, 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 wouldnโt be the worst choice you could make that morning.
Patrick Ness