The Rest of Us Just Live Here

by Patrick Ness

The rest of us just have to live here, hovering around the edges, left out of it all, for the most part.

You needed to know it, but for the rest of this, I’m choosing my own story. Because if you can’t do that, you might as well just give up.

“Don’t we all need reassurance? Aren’t we all damaged in some way?”

Kindness is the most important thing of all. Pity is an insult. Kindness is a miracle.”

“We’re each other’s questions, aren’t we? The question that never gets an answer.”