Famous Patrick Ness Quotes

I don’t want to die. I want to live. I want to live long enough so I can really live.– Patrick Ness
I don’t want to die. I want to live. I want to live long enough so I can really live.– Patrick Ness

In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.– Patrick Ness

It’ll make you look rugged,’ Mel says.’Because I woke up this morning,’ I say, ‘and the one thing I realized I lacked was ruggedness.– Patrick Ness

What happens to you when you get older? Do you just forget everything from before you turned eighteen? Do you make yourself forget?– Patrick Ness

The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.– Patrick Ness

What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down.– Patrick Ness

Never pass up the chance to be kissing someone. It’s the worst kind of regret.– Patrick Ness

You’re a good boy. I wish you didn’t have to be quite so good– Patrick Ness

Blame is a human concept, one of its blackest and most selfish and self-binding.– Patrick Ness
