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101 " I am not your enemy, Todd Hewitt,” he says one more time. “Just tell me her name and this will all stop.” I "
― Patrick Ness , The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2)
102 " You may have no choice.” “There’s always a choice,” Viola says by my side. “Oh, people like to say that,” the Mayor says. “It makes them feel better. "
103 " She bleeds from under the band. 0001 bleeds red.(which I already knew) "
104 " She’s always saying that being a leader is making the people you love hate you a little more each day.” She catches my eye. “Which is something I believe, too. "
105 " If you ever see a war,” she says, not looking up from her clipboard, “you’ll learn that war only destroys. No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors. You accept things that would appal you at any other time because life has temporarily lost all meaning. "
106 " A peace that blacked yer eye," I say. "A peace that split yer lip. "
107 " It’s not that you should never love something so much 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– "
108 " Battle not with monsters lest you become a monster and if you gaze into the abyss the abyss gazes into you. Friedrich Nietzsche "
109 " Rewards, my tender pigpiss. "
110 " One night a whole storehouse of wheat was taken, so completely and successfully it’s obvious now there’s people in the town and the army who’ve been helping ’em. Which is bad news for the town and the army. "
111 " Probably for the best, though. Turns out New World’s oceans aren’t really for fishing.” “Why not?” “Oh, the fish are the size of your boat and they swim up alongside and look you in the eye and tell you how they’re going to eat you.” She laughs a little. “And then they eat you. "
112 " Never trust a politician, Todd. They have no fixed centre, so you can never believe them. "
113 " The best liar is the one who believes her lie is true. "
114 " It’s not that you should never love something so much 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 "
115 " His face is trying to look calm but everyone can hear how badly he don’t wanna die, how childlike his wishes are sounding, how loud his newly uncured Noise is spilling out all over the place. "