A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative.
Patrick NessEverything that's happened has brought me here, to this place, with this knife in my hand, and something worth saving.
Patrick NessThe green things of this world are just wondrous, arenโt they?โ his mother went on. โWe work so hard to get rid of them when sometimes theyโre the very thing that saves us.
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