A Monster Calls Quotes

“You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Conor blinked. Then blinked again. “You’re going to tell me stories?” Indeed, the monster said. “Well–” Conor looked around in disbelief. “How is that a nightmare?” Stories are the wildest things of all, the monster rumbled. Stories chase and bite and hunt.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Histórias são o que há de mais selvagem - disse o monstro com um estrondo. - Histórias perseguem, mordem e caçam.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between. Conor”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“La creencia es la mitad de toda curacion”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“¿Quién dice que no es todo lo demás lo que es un sueño?”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“There aren’t any more treatments.” “I’m sorry, son,” his mum said, tears sneaking out of her eyes now, even though she kept up her smile. “I’ve never been more sorry about anything in my life.” Conor”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“¿Cómo es posible que los hombres invisibles estén más solos cuando consiguen que todo el mundo los vea?”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Съзнанието ти вярва в успокоителни лъжи, докато едновременно с това отлично знае болезнените истини, които са предизвикали появата на тези лъжи. И разумът ти те наказва за това, че вярваш едновременно и в двете.”
― Патрик Нес , A Monster Calls

“What are you?” Conor asked, pulling his arms closer around himself. I am not a “what,” frowned the monster. I am a “who.” “Who are you, then?” Conor said. The monster’s eyes widened. Who am I? it said, its voice getting louder. Who am I? The”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Tu mente se creerá las mentiras piadosas, pero conoce también las verdades que duelen y que hacen que esas mentiras sean necesarias. Y tu mente te castigará por creer ambas cosas.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Stories don’t always have happy endings.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Stories are the wildest things of all, the monster rumbled. Stories chase and bite and hunt.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“The nightmare feeling was rising in him, turning everything seem heavy and impossible, like he'd been asked to lift a mountain with his bare hands and no one would let him leave until he did.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Belief is half of all healing. Belief in the cure, belief in the future that awaits.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“People began to live ON the earth rather than WITHIN it”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“There is not always a good guy. Nor is there always a bad one. Most people are somewhere in between.

Conor shook his head. "That's a terrible story. And a cheat."

It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat. Kingdoms get the princes they deserve, farmers' daughters die for no reason, and sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You'd be surprised.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“La vita non si scrive con le parole, disse il mostro. Si scrive con le azioni. Quello che si pensa non conta. La sola cosa importante è ciò che si fa.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Son,” his father said, leaning forward. “Stories don’t always have happy endings.” This stopped him. Because they didn’t, did they? That’s one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn’t expect. His”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Le storie sono fra tutte le cose le più selvagge. Le storie inseguono, predano e mordono.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“He heard the creaking and cracking of wood again, groaning like a living thing, like the hungry stomach of the world growling for a meal. Then”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“He knew she wouldn’t be in there – he couldn’t hear the kettle boiling, which she always did first thing – but he’d found himself asking for her a lot lately when he entered rooms in the house.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“I can’t stand it anymore!” he cried out as the fire raged around him. “I can’t stand knowing that she’ll go! I just want it to be over! I want it to be finished!” And”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“You wanted her to go at the same time you were desperate for me to save her. Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“- No tienes miedo, ¿eh?
- No –dijo Conor-. Por lo menos, no de ti.
El monstruo entrecerró los ojos.
- Ya lo tendrás –dijo-. Antes del final.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“- Las historias son lo más salvaje de todo –tronó la voz del monstruo-. Las historias persiguen y muerden y cazan.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“- ¿Y cómo se supone que eso me salvará a mí de ella?
El monstruo se puso de pie cuan largo era, y miró a Conor desde las alturas.
- No es de ella de quien necesitas salvarte.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Las historias no tienen siempre un final feliz.
Eso lo desconcertó. Porque era verdad, no siempre acababan bien. El monstruo se lo había enseñado. Las historias eran criaturas salvajes, muy salvajes, y salían disparadas en la dirección que menos esperabas.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Hay cosas peores que ser invisible”, había dicho el monstruo, y tenía razón.
Conor ya no era invisible. Ahora todos lo veían.
Pero estaba más lejos que nunca.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Por increíble que pudiera parecer, el tiempo seguía pasando para el resto del mundo.
El resto del mundo que no estaba a la espera.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls