Patrick Ness

"Feelings don’t try to kill you, even the painful ones. Anxiety is a feeling grown too large. A feeling grown aggressive and dangerous. You’re responsible for its consequences, you’re responsible for treating it. But...you’re not responsible for causing it. You’re not morally at fault for it. No more than you would be for a tumor."

- Patrick Ness

"'Do you believe there's hope at the end?' I ask. 'No,' she says simply, looking away. 'No, I don't, but I'm still going.' She eyes me. 'You coming with?"

- Patrick Ness

"There’s hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall."

- Patrick Ness

"There's hope at the bottom of the biggest waterfall."

- Patrick Ness

"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

"Everything’s always ending. But everything’s always beginning, too."

- Patrick Ness

"Librarians are tour-guides for all of knowledge."

- Patrick Ness