The green things of this world are just wondrous, aren’t they? his mother went on. We work so hard to get rid of them when sometimes they’re the very thing that saves us.
Patrick Ness
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Conor held tightly onto his mother. And by doing so, he could finally let her go.
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In this world of numbness and information overload, the ability to feel, my boy, is a rare gift indeed.
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The ability to make fire at will. It allowed us light to see in the darkness, warmth against the cold, a tool to cook our food.’ He gestured vaguely in the direction of the Delta’s engines. ‘Fire is what eventually led to travel across the black beyond, the ability to start a new life on a New World.
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Her accent's funny, different from mine, different from anyone in Prentisstown's. Her lips make different kinds of outlines for the letters, like they're swooping down on them from above, pushing them into shape, telling them what to say. In Prentisstown, everyone talks like they're sneaking up on their words, ready to club them from behind.
Patrick Ness
No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors. You accept things that would appall you at any other time because life has temporarily lost all meaning.
Patrick Ness
