That's another thing about Noise. Everything that's ever happened to you just keeps right on talking, for ever and ever.
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 NessI do what I have to do," I say. I do what I have to do to save him. I do what I have to do to save Todd.
Patrick NessAnd if one day,' she said, really crying now, 'you look back and you feel bad for being so angry, if you feel bad for being so angry at me that you couldn't even speak to me, then you have to know, Conor, you have to that is was okay. It was okay. That I knew. I know, okay? I know everything you need to tell me without you having to say it out loud.
Patrick Ness