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And if one day, ' she said, really crying now, 'you look back and you feel bad for being so angry, if you feel bad for being so angry at me that you couldn't even speak to me, then you have to know, Conor, you have to that is was okay. It was okay. That I knew. I know, okay? I know everything you need to tell me without you having to say it out loud.Patrick Ness
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You be as angry as you need to be, " she said. "Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good andPatrick Ness
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I have had as many names as there are years to time itself! roared the monster. I am Herne the Hunter! I am Cernunnos! I am the eternal Green Man!Patrick Ness
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Belief is half of healing.Patrick Ness
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I couldn't stand the waiting anymore. I couldn't stand how alone it made me feel." And a part of you wished it would just end, said the monster, even if it meant losing her. And the nightmare began. The nightmare that always ended with -"I let her go, " Conor choked out. "I could have held on but I let her go." And that, the monster said, is the truth." I didn't mean it, though! " Conor said, his voice rising. "I didn't mean to let her go! And now it's for real! Now she's going to die and it's my fault! " And that, the monster said, is not the truth at all.Patrick Ness
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I wish I had a hundred years, " she said, very quietly. "A hundred years I could give to you.Patrick Ness
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Stories don't always have happy endings." This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.Patrick Ness
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You’re a good boy. I wish you didn’t have to be quite so goodPatrick Ness
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The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.Patrick Ness
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As incredible as it seemed, time kept moving forward for the rest of the world. The rest of the world that wasn't waiting.Patrick Ness