So who are you then, Todd Hewitt?" he says. "What makes you so special?"
Now that, I think, is a very good asking.
I AM THE CIRCLE AND THE CIRCLE IS ME.
Patrick NessAs to how you'll help me," he says. "Well, we have met the Answer, have we not?" He turns back to look at us, his eyes glinting. "It's time for them to meet the Ask.
Patrick NessA monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes Monsters of Men.
Patrick NessBut what is a dream, Conor O'Malley? the monster said, bending down so it's face was close to Conor's. Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?
Patrick NessTag: dream monster a-monster-calls conor
I'll ask ye this once," the woman says, lifting the rifle again. "Am I gonna need this?"
I exchange a glance with Viola.
"No," I say.
"No, mam," Viola says.
Mam? I think.
"It's like sir, bonny boy." The woman slings the rifle over her shoulder by its strap. "For if yer a-talking to a lady.
Even when peaceful cooperation is the obvious thing, the only thing that will keep any of us alive- There are still people who won't make that choice.
Patrick NessThe justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.
Patrick NessTag: murder skepticism killers
War makes monsters of men, you once said to me Todd. Well, so does too much knowledge. Too much knowledge of your fellow man, too much knowledge of his weakness, his pathetic greed and vanity, and how laughably easy it is to control him.
Patrick NessI 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 to the world and when has the world ever let us win a dare?
Patrick NessTag: hope
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