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

by Patrick Ness

I could just do it. But a knife ain’t just a thing, is it? It’s a choice, it’s something you do. A knife says yes or no, cut or not, die or don’t. A knife takes a decision out of your hand and puts it in the world and it never goes back again.

Nobody does nothing for you. If you don’t change it, it don’t get changed.

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

“I think maybe everybody falls,” I say. “I think maybe we all do. And I don’t think that’s the asking.” I pull on her arms gently to make sure she’s listening.

“I think the asking is whether we get back up again.”