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?)
Patrick NessYou be as angry as you need to be,โ she said. โDonโt let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard.
Patrick NessWhereas the town knows all about you already and wants to know more and wants to beat you with what it knows till how can you have any of yourself left at all?
Patrick NessNo one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the skyโs too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?โ โAnd what if the air tastes of honey? What if thereโs so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we donโt get any work done because weโre all looking at it too much?
Patrick Ness