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“The justifications of men who kill should always be heard with skepticism, said the monster.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“Your mind will believe comforting lies while also knowing the painful truths that make those lies necessary. And your mind will punish you for believing both.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“The answer is that it does not matter what you think, the monster said, because your mind will contradict itself a hundred times each day.”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“But what is a dream, Conor O'Malley? the monster said, bending down so it's face was close to Conor's. Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?”
― A Monster Calls
― A Monster Calls
“Stories don't always have happy endings."
This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.”
― A Monster Calls
This stopped him. Because they didn't, did they? That's one thing the monster had definitely taught him. Stories were wild, wild animals and went off in directions you couldn't expect.”
― A Monster Calls
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