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 survivor clipboards
If you ever see a war," she says, not looking up from her clipboard, "you'll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors.
dog people problem
Dogs don't got the problems of people. Dogs can be happy any old time.
stupid quitting bark
Poo" Manchee barks quielty to himself. "Poo, poo, poo." "Just have yer stupid poo and quit yapping about it.
wonder
I just stand there like a doofus wondering just what in the effing blazes is going on.
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.
dad blow thoughtful
Viola blows out a thoughtful air. "My dad used to say, 'There's only forward, Vi, only outward and up.'" "There's only forward," I repeat. "Outward and up," she says.
dog fall simple
I take my rucksack and go out the opening where the front door used to be. Manchee gets up from where he's curled and follows me. When I sit down, he recurls by my legs and fall asleep, farting happily and giving a doggy sigh. Simple to be a dog.
eyebrows surprise mock
Schooling ain't life." "Ain't it?" she says, her eyebrows raising in mock surprise.
fairs
Life ain't fair. It ain't. Not never.
fall white clothes
Flakes of white fall thru the trees and onto the road, catching on our clothes and hair. It's a silent fall and it's weird how it makes everything else seem quiet, too, like it's trying to tell you a secret, a terrible, terrible secret.
moving voice interesting
You notice that he does not ask, Where am I?" says the Mayor's voice, moving out there, somewhere. "His first words are, Where is she? And his Noise says the same. Interesting.
mean cuz fingers
Just cuz yer going there and I'm staying here," I say. "It don't mean we're parting." "No," she says and I know she understands. "No, it certainly doesn't." "I ain't parting from you again," I say, still looking at our fingers. "Not even in my head.
mean change-for-the-better
...and changing for the better doesn't mean that he's ever going to reach good...
ocean missing
To see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it. ~Mistress Coyle