Asiya

“It's like a rule of life that yer automatically happier when you don't gotta worry about something.”
― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men

“But the world is out there, and it understands that the illusion of knowledge and freedom is not the same as the real thing. Eventually it will fade, and there are those who will do whatever it takes to make that happen sooner rather than later.”
― Aimee Carter, Pawn

“Ideals, my girl,” she says. “Always easier to believe in than live.”

“But if you don't at least try to live them,” Bradley says, “then there's no point in living at all.”
― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men

“People say they want freedom, but what they really want is freedom from worry. If I take care of their problems, they don't mind being told what to do.”
― Patrick Ness, Monsters of Men