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“And here was a man who lived on belief, but who sacrificed it at the first challenge, right when he needed it most.” (A Monster Calls Quotes)
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“And if one day,’ she said, really crying now, ‘you look back and you feel bad for being so angry, if you feel bad for being so angry at me that you couldn’t even speak to me, then you have to know, Conor, you have to that is was okay. It was okay. That I knew. I know, okay? I know everything you need to tell me without you having to say it out loud.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“And then she groaned, deep in her chest, her mouth still closed. It was a sound so painful, Conor could barely keep himself from putting his hands over his ears.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“Don’t think you haven’t lived long enough to have a story to tell.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“If you speak the truth, the monster whispered in his ear, you will be able to face whatever comes.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“Many things that are true feel like a cheat. Kingdoms get the princes they deserve, farmers’ daughters die for no reason, and sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You’d be surprised.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“Stories are wild creatures, the monster said. When you let them loose, who knows what havoc they might wreak?”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn’t expect.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“You do not write your life with words…You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“You were merely wishing for the end of pain, the monster said. Your own pain. An end to how it isolated you. It is the most human wish of all.”
Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
“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 Ness
A Monster Calls
