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The future of fiction? he said. Maybe, she said. Will it have room for, you know, love & stuff? he said. Always, she said. OK then, he said.

Patrick Ness

The future of fiction? he said. Maybe, she said. Will it have room for, you know, love & stuff? he said. Always, she said. OK then, he said.

Tags: challenge, patrick ness, the guardian, twitter fiction

There is a brightness on her face and she keeps urging me on with tilts of her head and smiles and I think how hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but...

Patrick Ness

There is a brightness on her face and she keeps urging me on with tilts of her head and smiles and I think how hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but...

Tags: hope, patrick ness, the knife of never letting go

About Author
Patrick Ness FRSL (born 17 October 1971) is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter. Born in the United States, Ness moved to London and holds dual citizenship. He is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls.
Ness won the annual Carnegie Medal in 2011 and in 2012, for Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls.
He is one of seven writers to win two Medals, and the second to win consecutively.
He wrote the screenplay of the 2016 film adaptation of A Monster Calls, and was the creator and writer of the Doctor Who spin-off series Class.

Who am I? I am the spine that the mountains hang upon! I am the tears that the rivers cry! I am the lungs that breathe the wind! I am the wolf that kills the stag, the hawk that kills the mouse, the s...

Patrick Ness

Who am I? I am the spine that the mountains hang upon! I am the tears that the rivers cry! I am the lungs that breathe the wind! I am the wolf that kills the stag, the hawk that kills the mouse, the s...

Tags: life, philosophical, stories

Pity is an insult. Kindness is a miracle.

Patrick Ness

Pity is an insult. Kindness is a miracle.

Tags: friendship, kindness, miracles, patrick ness, pity, respect

Libraries are not facing crisis, they are in crisis.

Patrick Ness

Libraries are not facing crisis, they are in crisis.

Tags: inspirational, libraries, thoughtful

Your stomach isn't the boss of you,' Mel says evenly.'Oh,' Jared says, realizing. 'Sorry-'Mel shakes her head, brushing it off. 'Not what I meant. Your heart isn't the boss of you other. Thinks it is....

Patrick Ness

Your stomach isn't the boss of you,' Mel says evenly.'Oh,' Jared says, realizing. 'Sorry-'Mel shakes her head, brushing it off. 'Not what I meant. Your heart isn't the boss of you other. Thinks it is....

Tags: act, brain, choose, feel, heart, stomach, think

The indie kids, huh? You've got them at your school, too. That group with the cool-geek haircuts and the charity shop clothes and names from the fifties. Nice enough, never mean, but always the ones w...

Patrick Ness

The indie kids, huh? You've got them at your school, too. That group with the cool-geek haircuts and the charity shop clothes and names from the fifties. Nice enough, never mean, but always the ones w...

Tags: heroes

There's so much proscription in the lives of young people, and it's so vital to have a place that says, look, here are the doors onto the world and amazingly, you're free to choose any one you like. -...

Patrick Ness

There's so much proscription in the lives of young people, and it's so vital to have a place that says, look, here are the doors onto the world and amazingly, you're free to choose any one you like. -...

Tags: inspirational, libraries, thoughtful

If you ever doubt anything here, if you ever not know what to think or who to trust, you trust Todd, okay? You remember that.

Patrick Ness

If you ever doubt anything here, if you ever not know what to think or who to trust, you trust Todd, okay? You remember that.

Tags: comfort, love

I think how hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, too, that it's painful and risky, that it's making a dare into the world and w...

Patrick Ness

I think how hope may be the thing that pulls you forward, may be the thing that keeps you going, but that it's dangerous, too, that it's painful and risky, that it's making a dare into the world and w...

Tags: courage, faith, hope, success

There's a bunch od huge churchs clustered together, trying to blend in with all the family-themed restaurants, because salvation is as easy as chicken wings, I guess.

Patrick Ness

There's a bunch od huge churchs clustered together, trying to blend in with all the family-themed restaurants, because salvation is as easy as chicken wings, I guess.

Tags: churches, religion, salvation

People see stories everywhere," Regine says. "That's what my father used to say. We take random events and we string them together in a pattern so we can comfort ourselves with a story, no matter how...

Patrick Ness

People see stories everywhere," Regine says. "That's what my father used to say. We take random events and we string them together in a pattern so we can comfort ourselves with a story, no matter how...

Tags: life and living

A man without a filter, is chaos walking

Patrick Ness

A man without a filter, is chaos walking

Tags: chaos, filter, man, sayings, walking

Shout for libraries. Shout for the young readers who use them.

Patrick Ness

Shout for libraries. Shout for the young readers who use them.

Tags: inspirational, libraries, thoughtful

A good idea always attracts other good ideas.

Patrick Ness

A good idea always attracts other good ideas.

Tags: ideas, inspiration, inspirational, writing

Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?

Patrick Ness

Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?

Tags: dream, reality

The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day.

Patrick Ness

The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day.

Tags: brain, i love the brain, mind

Yeah, my parents are crappy, but you hurt either of my sisters and I will spend my life finding ways to destroy you.

Patrick Ness

Yeah, my parents are crappy, but you hurt either of my sisters and I will spend my life finding ways to destroy you.

Tags: family, parents, sisters

It's like he's my family, except better, because I've chosen him.

Patrick Ness

It's like he's my family, except better, because I've chosen him.

Tags: family, friendship

But what is a dream, Conor O'Malley? Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?

Patrick Ness

But what is a dream, Conor O'Malley? Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?

Tags: a monster calls, dreams, inspirational