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“A peace that blacked yer eye,' I say. 'A peace that split yer lip.' He looks at me for another second and then gives a sad snort. “The words of a sage,” he says, “in the voice of a hick.”
Patrick Ness“TODD!" I shout again -And he looks at me -And I hear my name in his Noise -And I know it -I know it in my heart -Right now -Todd Hewitt -There's nothing we can't do toge”
Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer“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 Ness, The Ask and the Answer“And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say.”
Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer“Cuz how do you know yer alive if you don't hurt?”
Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer“You won't," says the Mayor, smiling again. "Everyone knows you aren't a killer, Todd."He pushes Viola forward again -She calls out from the pain of it -Viola, I t”
Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer“And what exactly do you think this proves?" he spits. "You've got power, but you don't know what to do wit”
Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer“You won't," says the Mayor, smiling again. "Everyone knows you aren't a killer, Todd."He pushes Viola forward again -She calls out from the pain of it -Viola, I think - -I grit my teeth and raise the rifle -I cock it -And I say what's true -"I would kill to save her," I say.”
Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer“Being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.”
Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer“So we forgive each other?" The crooked smile climbs up one more time. "Again?"And I look right into his eyes, right into him as far as I can see, because I want him to hear me, I want him to hear me with everything I mean and feel and say."Always," I say to him. "Every time.”
Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer