Here's what I think," I say and my voice is stronger and thoughts are coming, thoughts that trickle into my noise like whispers of truth. "I think maybe everybody falls," I say. "I think maybe we all do. And I don't think that's the asking."
I pull on her arms gently to make sure she's listening.
"I think the asking is whether we get back up again.
Ah, well, then you've never stood on a beach as the waves came crashing in, the water stretching out from you until it's beyond sight, moving and blue and alive and so much bigger than even the black beyond seems because the ocean hides what it contains.
Patrick NessTo live is to fight, to preserve life is to fight everything that man stands for.
Patrick NessI was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.
Patrick NessTags: excuses personal-responsibility
It's not that you should never love something so much that it can control you.
It's that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled.
It's not a weakness.
It's your best strength.
Tags: strength love weakness control
To see the ocean once is to learn how to miss it. ~Mistress Coyle
Patrick NessBut a knife ain't just a thing, is it? It's a choice, it's something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not, die or don't. A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again.
Patrick NessThe first thing you find out when yer dog learns to talk is that dogs don't got nothing much to say.
About anything.
"Need a poo, Todd."
"Shutup, Manchee."
"Poo. Poo, Todd."
"I said shut it.
Cuz how do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?
Patrick NessWithout a filter, a man is just chaos walking.
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