Matthew > Matthew's Quotes

“We are the choices we make. And have to make. We aren’t anything else.”
― Patrick Ness, The Ask and the Answer

“I look at the knife-
Resting in a puddle of water-
Near the ledge by the pulpit behind Aaron-
Where I dropped it-
And I hear it calling to me-
Take me, it says-
Take me and use me, it says-
Aaron hold open his arms.
"Murder me," he says. "Become a man."
Never let me go says the knife”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“For me it's all about creating chaos.. and then getting away with it.”
― Hafsa Shah

“The only way to learn is to live.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Never underestimate the big importance of small things”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“You’re overthinking it.’ ‘I have anxiety. I have no other type of thinking available.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“And even if you were a pawn - maybe we all are - then you should remember that a pawn is the most magical piece of all. It might look small and ordinary but it isn't. because a pawn is never just a pawn. A pawn is a queen-in-waiting. All you need to do is find a way to keep moving forward. One square after another. And you can get to the other side and unlock all kinds of power.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Fear was when you wandered into a cellar and worried that the door would close shut. Despair was when the door closed and locked behind you.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“Librarians have knowledge. They guide you to the right books. The right worlds. They find the best places. Like soul-enhanced search engines.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“She realised that she hadn’t tried to end her life because she was miserable, but because she had managed to convince herself that there was no way out of her misery.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“So long as there are still books on the shelves, you are never trapped. Every book is a potential escape.”
― Matt Haig, The Midnight Library

“I love swimming"
"I know," I said.
"I love swimming," he said again. He was quiet for a little while. And then he said, "I love swimming—and you."
I didn't say anything.
"Swimming and you, Ari. Those are the things I love the most.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“My pain is fine.”
― Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

“Knowledge is dangerous.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“Don't deceive me. Never leave me.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“If one of us falls, we all fall.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“Time goes on, even when yer not looking.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“What else do men think about except sex and enemies?”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“Guessing a thing ain't knowing a thing.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“I just want the world to make sense now and then, is that so wrong?”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“Doing what’s right should be easy.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“Noise ain’t truth,”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“Polaris always points north. It's one of the only things I can count on. Every night it returns to the sky and does its job. If people were more like Polaris, maybe things wouldn't be so complicated.”
― Amy Sarig King, The Year We Fell From Space

“I always think that the quickest way to understand someone is to look at what’s on their bookshelves. Especially if they are honest bookshelves, not the fancy ornamental kind. And there was nothing fancy or ornamental about this place.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible