“Because humans are complicated beasts, the monster said. How can a queen be both a good witch and a bad witch? How can a prince be a murderer and a saviour? How can an apothecary be evil-tempered but right-thinking? How can a parson be wrong-thinking but good-hearted? How can invisible men make themselves more lonely by being seen?
“I don’t know,” Connor shrugged, exhausted. “Your stories never made any sense to me.”
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. You wanted her to go at the same time you were desperate for me to save her. 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.”
― Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls
Kristen Twardowski 
Wow…true words and all. Human beings are a conundrum! Karen Anna
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We really are, aren’t we?
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Hmm, this monster is a deep thinker. I believe he might be my old high school psychology teacher!
🙂 Michael
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That monster has taken on a lot of different forms, I suspect.
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“Your mind will punish you for believing both” such a good point. The monster is like a well educated therapist!
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It really is!
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This is highly interesting and intriguing. 👍✌️🌹
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It’s a wonderful book! (Even if it is emotionally trying at times.)
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I’m gonna have to read it. 😀
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I love that book. Such great writing throughout and such a brilliant story.
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It has some wonderful prose! (Even if it is heartbreaking.)
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Sounds like a really beautiful book. I’ll have to add it to my next stack of books that I read! 🙂 Thank you for the share. Keep posting books; it’s wonderful to know that someone is finding all the good ones so I don’t. ;P
Best Wishes,
Just A Star
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It is a great one. (And I also love to take advantage of other people’s book knowledge. Between the group of us, we may just stumble across the best ones.)
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I look forward to reading this. Thanks for sharing, Kristen. I’m new here, and just beginning to post some of my poetry. Really feels like a great group of readers, writers, and lovers of the written word.
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Welcome to the world of blogging writers then! It really is a wonderful community. I can’t wait to see more of your posts.
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Thank you so much!
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