Patrick Ness Quotes

As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers

If the deaf are to hear the sound has to be very loud

I'm a very good screamer, that's for sure.

The trumpet is forceful.

In the morning, my alarm clock is a chorus of lemurs yelling!

His biggest misgiving came from his concern about the loud crash that was bound to occur and would probably create, if not terror, at least anxiety behind all the doors. But that would have to be risked.

If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should actually have a chemical - some sort of physiological - effect on the listener, so he doesn't have to hear that sound again.

It is impossible to attain proper physical condition without being sound both mentally and morally.

Jack the sound barrier. Bring the noise.

The cannon will not suffer any other sound to be heard for miles and for years around it.

You can't compete with Sweets' sound and time feel. It's impossible.

It was so loud and so deep, it wasn't really sound at all, just something that turned the air hard and then hit you with it.

Emptie vessels sound most.

And then a low and powerful sound rumbles thru the sky, like some giant, deep horn. A sound God would make when he wanted yer attenshun.

No rain but thunder, and the sound of giants.

The house shakes...with the roar of the cannon. No sleep for me tonight.

There was no other sound in the world like a car crash.

As the dawn comes up like thunder.

I don't like to compare things to other things. It always sounds arrogant in print.

My love of soft, runny cheese - it's impossible to resist.

I'm trying to make myself sound better.

I'm terrified that I will never be able to put him from my mind. I don't love him but I'm afraid that he will make it impossible for me ever to love anyone else.

Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.

That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.