Mala

“You must speak the truth and you must speak it now, Conor O'Malley. Say it. You must.

Conor shook his head again, his mouth clamped shut tight, but he could feel a burning in his chest, like a fire someone had lit there, a miniature sun, blazing away and burning him from the inside.

“It'll kill me if I do,” he gasped.

It will kill you if you do not, the monster said. You must say it.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Connor:I let her go. I could have held on but I let her go.

The Monster:And that is the truth.

Connor:I didn't mean it, though! I didn't mean to let her go! And now it's for real! Now she's going to die and it's my fault!

The Monster:And that is not the truth at all.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“But how do you fight it?" Conor asked, his voice rough. "How do you fight all the different stuff inside?"


By speaking the truth, the monster said. As you spoke it just now.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“You know that your truth, the one that you hide… is the thing you are most afraid of.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls