The Ask and the Answer (Chaos Walking, #2)

by Patrick Ness

And I don’t wanna talk about it. Cuz I cry and I throw up and I beg and I call out her name and I beg some more and it all shames me so much I can’t even say it.

I didn’t think life could turn more to crap but it always does, don’t it?

The Mayor’s wrong– He’s wrong for ever and ever– It’s not that you should never love something so much it can control you. It’s that you need to love something that much so you can never be controlled. It’s not a weakness– It’s your best strength–

He turns to me, catches my eye, and I see behind his smile the real glint of madness. “Finally, we come to the real thing, the thing that makes men men, the thing we were born for, Todd.” He rubs his hands together and his eyes flash as he says the word. “War.”