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81 " I do it all the time now, reaching for the silence, making the thoughts and memories go away, and most of the time it works on the outside, too. "
― Patrick Ness , Monsters of Men (Chaos Walking, #3)
82 " The Land looks deep inside itself to find the new Sky and there is no refusal for the one chosen. The past life is over and must be left behind, for the Land needs its Sky to watch over it and the Sky can have no other than the Land. "
83 " It is a necessary difficulty that the Land must sometimes keep secrets from itself, the Sky shows as we walk. It is the only way to make hope possible. "
84 " You could pretty much eat dinner off the glare she gives me. “I’ll thank you not to talk to your elders that way, boy. "
85 " But you can’t make war personal,” I say, “or you’ll never make the right decisions.” “And if you didn’t make personal decisions, you wouldn’t be a person. "
86 " People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don’t mind being told what to do. "
87 " I turn back to the man. Back to Ben. He is mine, I think. If there is peace, he is mine. Mine to kill. "
88 " I wanted him to do it, I wanted it to happen-And it did. I controlled him. Just like the Mayor. I watch him go, still walking to the food store, like it was his own idea. My hands are shaking. Bloody hell. "
89 " And I’ll find you– You bet yer life on it– I’ll find you– Keep calling for me, Viola– Cuz here I come. "
90 " You can’t redeem him, Todd,” she says, a little softer but I flinch a bit at the word redeem. “You can’t. Because he doesn’t want it. "
91 " I’m sorry,” she said. “You guys have been through so much. It’s such an awful time to be giving you news like this…” My heart sank. I knew what it could be. I knew what it could only be. “No,” I said. “Don’t tell me Todd–” She nodded again– But then broke into a smile so bright it was like the sun had newly risen. “He’s awake,” she said, tears of joy still streaming. “Lee, Wilf. He’s awake. "
92 " Sometimes the people don't know what's best for them... Sometimes the people have to be convinced of things that are necessary. That's what leadership is. Not shouting your head off in support of their every whim. "
93 " A monster, I think, remembering what Ben told me once. War makes monsters of men. “Wrong,” says the Mayor. “It’s war that makes us men in the first place. Until there’s war, we are only children. "
94 " 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. "
95 " He’s battling the Mayor, across some kind of sand-covered square in front of what looks like a chapel– And I get a sinking feeling of how many terrible things have happened to me and Todd in churches "
96 " He’s awake,” she said, tears of joy still streaming. “Lee, Wilf. He’s awake. "
97 " Usually when a man calls a woman a bitch,” a voice calls over from a cart pulling up near us at the edge of camp, “it’s because she’s doing something right. "
98 " They’re fighting a war over who can be more peaceful. "
99 " What a sad thing men are. Can’t do nothing good without being so weak we have to mess it up. Can’t build something up without tearing it down. "
100 " Ideals, my girl,” she says. “Always easier to believe in than live.” “But if you don’t at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there’s no point in living at all. "