Patrick Ness
Patrick Ness
Patrick Nessis an American author, journalist and lecturer who moved to London at age of 28 and now holds dual citizenship. He is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionYoung Adult Author
Date of Birth17 October 1971
CountryUnited States of America
war men thinking
A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men.
animal stories wild-world
Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.
want boxes campfire
I want a campfire box.
comforting dying
Maybe probably ain’t all that comforting a word when it’s maybe yer not dying.
looks arms convinced
Francia don’t look too convinced. I never seen arms so crossed.
pain names arms
TODD!" I yell again and I reach him and his Noise opens even farther and wraps around me like a blanket and I'm grabbing him to me, grabbing him to me like I'll never let him go and he calls out in pain but his other arm is grabbing me back - "I thought you were dead," he's saying, his breath on my neck. "I thought you were dead." "Todd," I say and I'm crying and the only thing I can say is his name. "Todd.
lying smell clothes
I don't know how much time passes with us just lying there, just feeling that the other is really there, really true, really alive, feeling the safety of him, his weight against mine, the roughness of his fingers touching my face, his warmth and his smell and the dustiness of his clothes, and we barely speak...
heart leaving promise
I was just trying to stay alive, looking for ways to find you, hoping you hadn't left me behind." "Never," I say. "Not never." He looks back up at me. "I'd never leave you neither." "You promise?" "Cross my heart, hope to die," he says, grinning shyly. "I promise, too," I say and I smile at him. "I ain't never leaving you, Todd Hewitt, not never again.
knows
But, somehow, Wilf knows. Somehow, Wilf always knows.
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.
trying world save-the-world
We can save the world," I say, trying to smile. "You and me.
together chance mayors
Me and Todd? Together against the Mayor?" She smiles. "He doesn't stand a chance.
asking facts
You love him," he says. Not an asking, just a fact. "I do," I say. Also a fact.
heart together knows
And I know it - I know it in my heart - Right now - Todd Hewitt - There's nothing we can't do together -