It's not the mistakes I made but how I responded to them

- Patrick Ness

"You can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for.

- Patrick Ness

We just keep on having to save each other", he says. "We ever gonna be even?" "I hope not," I say

- Patrick Ness

We don't say nothing more. What else is there to say? Everything and nothing. You can't say everything, so you don't say nothing.

- Patrick Ness

This is how we are protecting you, by getting you out.

- Patrick Ness

Except I didn't say eff

- Patrick Ness

I 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 Ness

Stories are important...They can be more important than anything. If they carry the truth.

- Patrick Ness

Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believ…

- Patrick Ness