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
fighting men life-is
The only crime, the only crime is to take a life. There is nothing else.' 'And that's why you don't fight,'I say. She turns to me sharply. 'To preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.
lying men lying-men
Men lie, and they lie to theirselves worst of all.
eye men thinking
I am Todd Hewitt, I think to myself with my eyes closed. I am twelve years and twelve months old. I live in Prentisstown on New World. I will be a man in one month’s time exactly.
men monsters should
The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.
war men vanity
War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too much knowledge of his weakness, his pathetic greed and vanity, and how laughably easy it is to control him.
war men thinking
A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men.
fighting men life-is
To live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.
men knowing forever
...the lesson of forever and ever is that knowing a man's mind ain't knowing the man.
men thinking might
Men do monstrous things but if you call a man a monster you have absolved yourself of blame. You don't have to think that you might ever do these things. I don't think that's true
war men monsters
War makes monsters out of men.
lying men want
Knowledge is dangerous and men lie and the world changes, whether I want it to or not.
men trouble accepting
You tell a man the truth about himself and, well, they find they have trouble accepting it.
men crowds capable
A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.
men years becoming
Midnight passes and I'm twenty-five days and a million years from becoming a man.