Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.
Patrick NessHer 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.
Patrick NessViola? Keep calling for meโ And Iโll keep searching for youโ And Iโll find youโ You bet yer life on itโ Iโll find youโ Keep calling for me, Violaโ Cuz here I come.
Patrick NessAnd here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most
Patrick NessI don't know how much time passes with us just lying there, just feeling that the other is really there, really true, really alive, feeling the safety of him, his weight against mine, the roughness of his fingers touching my face, his warmth and his smell and the dustiness of his clothes, and we barely speak.
Patrick Ness