Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.
Patrick NessIdeals, my girl,โ she says. โAlways easier to believe in than live.โ โBut if you don't at least try to live them,โ Bradley says, โthen there's no point in living at all.
Patrick NessThat's what librarians do. They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you donโt know how to find it, if you donโt even know where to begin to look.
Patrick NessLife ain't fair. It ain't. Not never. It's pointless and stupid and there's only suffering and pain and people who want to hurt you. You can't love nothing or no one cuz it'll all be taken away or ruined and you'll be left alone and constantly having to fight, constantly having to run just to stay alive.
Patrick Ness