The Knife of Never Letting Go

by

Patrick Ness

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After Aaron stabs Todd with his own knife (which still has some blood from a Spackle on it), Todd gets sick and seemingly starts to hallucinate. One of the figures he sees is a boy who looks like himself. The boy keeps telling Todd that all his plans will fail, making him an embodiment of all Todd’s self-doubts.

Boy Quotes in The Knife of Never Letting Go

The The Knife of Never Letting Go quotes below are all either spoken by Boy or refer to Boy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Cost of Violence Theme Icon
).
Chapter 30 Quotes

“It won’t work,” says the boy, still outta sight.

Related Characters: Boy (speaker), Todd
Related Symbols: Knife
Page Number: 334
Explanation and Analysis:
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Boy Quotes in The Knife of Never Letting Go

The The Knife of Never Letting Go quotes below are all either spoken by Boy or refer to Boy. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
The Cost of Violence Theme Icon
).
Chapter 30 Quotes

“It won’t work,” says the boy, still outta sight.

Related Characters: Boy (speaker), Todd
Related Symbols: Knife
Page Number: 334
Explanation and Analysis: