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James Brendan Patterson is an American author and philanthropist. Among his works are the Alex Cross, Michael Bennett, Women's Murder Club, Maximum Ride, Daniel X, NYPD Red, Witch and Wizard, and Private series, as well as many stand-alone thrillers, non-fiction and romance novels. His books have sold more than 300 million copies and he was the first person to sell 1 million e-books. In 2016, Patterson topped Forbes's list of highest-paid authors for the third consecutive year, with an income of $95 million. His total income over a decade is estimated at $700 million.In November 2015, Patterson received the Literarian Award from the National Book Foundation, which cited him as a "passionate campaigner to make books and reading a national priority. A generous supporter of universities, teachers colleges, independent bookstores, school libraries, and college students, Patterson has donated millions of dollars in grants and scholarships with the purpose of encouraging Americans of all ages to read more books." Wikipedia  

✵ 22. March 1947  •  Other names Ջեյմս Պատերսոն
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James Patterson Quotes

“Feeding a crowd?' the woman behind the counter asked.
Yes, ma'am,' Fang said sweetly. I thought.”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment

“I muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new resolution was to watch my language. All I needed was a six-year-old mutant with a potty mouth”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Fang! Come Back!" I started pulling his hair. Shaking his head and shoulders. Hard. "Wake up! Snap out of it! You stupid jerk! I am going to kill you if you die on me!”

James Patterson

Source: Fang

“Why was the blind guy playing with matches, you ask? Because he's good at it. Anything to do with fire, igniting things, exploding things, things with fuses, wicks, accelerants… Iggy's your man. It's one of those good/bad things.”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment

“Gazzy: (Hugging himself and jumping up and down) "I'm brilliant! I'm a genius! I can blow up the world!"
Max: (Raises her eyebrows)
Gazzy: "Not that I would want to, of course," (coughs)”

James Patterson book Maximum Ride

Source: Max

“Some kids get called 'bundles of joy' or 'slices of heaven' or 'dreams come true.' We got 'the fifty-fourth generation of DNA experiments.' Doesn't have the same warm and fuzzy feel. But maybe I'm oversensitive.”

James Patterson

Source: Angel

“Nudge: You aren't.
Iggy (irritably): No. You aren't dead either. How about just 'hello'?”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment

“Gazzy: Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R.”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“There's nothing more annoying than cold logic and reason when you've got a good fit going.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“I offered to pee on him, but they said no”

James Patterson book Maximum Ride

Source: Max

“I'm a girl of extremes. When I love something, I'm like a puppy dog (without all the licking). When I'm cranky, I'm a wasp (like a whole hive of 'em). And when I'm angry, I'm a Mother Bear with a predator after her cubs: Dangerous.”

James Patterson

Source: Fang

“They call me, The Sharkalator”

James Patterson

“So the first thing we're gonna do," I told him, "is push you off the roof.”

James Patterson

Variant: Max:"So the first thing we're going to do," I told him, "is push you off the roof.
Source: Fang

“If you're in the room, I want to be next to you. If you're gone, I think about you. You're who I want to talk to. In a fight, I want you at my back. When we're together the sun is shining. When we're apart, everything is in shades of gray.”

James Patterson

Source: Fang

“I didn't think he was a robot… but I did wonder if his emotions had been designed out of him. Of course, with a guy, how could I tell? Ha ha!”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Fang: "Have you guys been playing in the toxic waste again? Been bitten by a radioactive spider? Struck by lightning? Drink a super-soldier serum?”

James Patterson

Source: The Final Warning

“Excellent. They were flammable.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Iggy: "I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent. so people are choking and gagging; and let's throw beef jerky in their eyes! Now, that's a plan!”

James Patterson

“Can you giggle while racing for your life and protecting a six-year-old? I can.”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment

“Good memories are like charms… Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they make a long, colorful bracelet.”

James Patterson book Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

Source: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“You are avake, yah?" said a voice in a horribly recognizable accent.
"Yah," I muttered, rubbing my head. "And you are still a jerk, yah?”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“You really are a scary man, no really! If I had boots I would be quaking in them.”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Ari felt like, Hellooo, I have wings! I turn into a wolf! Blending is out is out of the question!”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“Right now, America looks like a fatheaded, shortsighted, gas-guzzling arrogant blowhard to the rest of the world.”

James Patterson

Source: The Final Warning

“Frustration was my constant companion. I wanted to scream. "What the he-eck are we supposed to doI asked Fang.
He looked at me, and I could tell he was mulling over the problem. He held out a small waxed-paper bag.
Peanut?”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment

“It's funny how different people are. If I'd been this kid and someone was snarling "Ordering a pizza?" at me, without even thinking, I would have snarled back "Yeah. You want pepperoni?"
-Maximum Ride”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“Who, last time I'd checked, was still on our official archenemy list. (Yes, we have to keep a list. It's kind of sad.)”

James Patterson

Source: Angel

“You stand out like a fart in a church.”

James Patterson

Source: The Final Warning

“I hoped I wasn't actually dead. That would make finding our parents and saving the world really hard.”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“Do we have any chlorine? It seems to be kind of explosive when mixed with other stuff."
"Like what, your socks? No, we don't have chlorine. No swimming pool.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Fang: When do I get out of here?
Max: They say a week.
Fang: So, like, tomorrow?
Max: That's what I'm thinking.”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“The hamster called. He wants his home back.”

James Patterson

Source: The Final Warning

“Where was the catch? 'Cause I knew one was coming.”

James Patterson

“Sometimes when you're at your most certain, that's when everything you know is wrong.”

James Patterson book Maximum Ride

Source: Max

“Is this a movie?' I heard someone ask.”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment

“Fang snorted in disbelief. "On one hand, we have a mythical nice family that wants to adopt me. On the other, we have a gang of insane scientists desperate to do genetic experiments on innocent children. Guess which hand I get dealt?”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment

“But what is life if you don't live it?”

James Patterson book Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

Source: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Nudge threw her arms around my neck. 'I love you Max! I love all of us too!'
Yeah, me too,' Said the Gasman. 'I don't care if we have our house, or a cliff ledge, or a cardboard box. Home is wherever we all are, together.”

James Patterson

“Fang was going to kill me. And after I was dead, he would kill me again.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“I'm a freaking princess when it comes to other people's feelings. Yo dogbreath, get your paws of the everglades. -Max”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“I choose you, Max. -Fang”

James Patterson book Maximum Ride

Source: Max

“I'll just ask now: What is it about my persona that draws every insane, power-hungry nutcase to me like a magnet?”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride: Fang: Dystopian Science Fiction

“I stood my ground. "You evil scientist are all the same--evil. Count me out."

Fang and I brushed past Mr. God and walked quickly but smoothly to the exit. It was barely noon, and I'd already made a huge enemy.

Dang, I'm good.”

James Patterson

Source: Fang

“Oh great. Yoda captured us.”

James Patterson

Source: The Final Warning

“The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so huge that you have no idea how you can live through it, somehow, the world keeps turning, the seconds keep ticking.”

James Patterson

Source: Angel