Daniel Croser

“You be as angry as you need to be,” she said. “Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. Not your grandma, not your dad, no one. And if you need to break things, then by God, you break them good and hard.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Never invisible again, the monster said, finally letting up, its huge branch-like fists curled tight as a clap of thunder.
It turned to Conor.
But there are harder things than being invisible, it said.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“Son" his father said, leaning forward. "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.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

“His grandma wouldn’t be here when his father arrived. Which suited everyone.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls