The Rest of Us Just Live Here

by Patrick Ness

“I just feel like my body is in all these different pieces and even though it looks like I’m all put together, the pieces are really just floating there and if I fall down too hard, I’ll fly apart.”

“The mistake of every adult, though, is to think darkness and hardship aren’t important to young people because we’ll grow out of it. Who cares if we will? Life is happening to us now, just like it’s happening to you.”

“It’s love. But it’s a different kind.” “Doesn’t make it any less love, though.”

“Everything’s always ending. But everything’s always beginning, too.”