The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)

by Patrick Ness

If you don’t change it, it don’t get changed.

True

“Hmmph,” Francia hmmphs.

“Friends abandoning you right and left, Todd.”

You can eat a turtle.

“The army your girl’s been talking about has been spotted marching down the river road,” Doctor Snow says. “One of our scouts just reported them as less than an hour away.” “Oh, no,” I hear Viola whisper. “She ain’t my girl,” I say, low. “What?” Doctor Snow says. “What?” Viola says. “She’s her own girl,” I say. “She don’t belong to anyone.”

Life equals running and when we stop running maybe that’s how we’ll know life is finally finished.

The river’s louder than it was, rushing by with some force, but who cares? What does it matter? Life ain’t fair. It ain’t. Not never.

takes a bite