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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

“Max-Dogs, dogs, go away, let me live another day.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Call me crazy, but there's just something cheering about seeing huge raptors tear into Eraser flesh.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“I'm way hot," he muttered. "But I don't feel sick. Just — way hot."
Fang”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.”

James Patterson book Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

Variant: We is always so much better than I.
Source: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Iggy’s spine tightened, his face like ice. When he’d been at the School, they’d tried to surgically enhance his night vision. Now he was blind forever. Oops.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“I'm pretty sure that if you looked up the word "nuts" in the dictionary, you'll find my picture. Just another fun feature of my mutant-birdkid-freak package.”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“If by 'miracle kids' you mean innocent test-tube babies whose DNA was forcibly unraveled and merged with two percent avian genes, yeah, I guess that would be us," I said. "Because it's a miracle that we're not complete nut jobs and mutant disasters.”

James Patterson

Source: The Final Warning

“I couldn’t leave Total behind.”
“Total?” Iggy asked.
“That’s what his card said,” Angel explained.
“Totally a mutant dog who will probably turn on us and kill us in our sleep,” Fang said.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Just for fun I flew in huge banking arcs, taking deep breaths, enjoying the feel of my newly weightless hair. The stylist had called it “wind tossed.”
If only she knew.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Flying monkeys?" the Gasman called out a guess. "Like in the Wizard of Oz?"
It dawned on me then. "No," I said tersely "Worse.”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“There's a saying I remember from my grandmother: One today is worth two tomorrows.”

James Patterson book Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

Source: Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

“Is it important to be right or is it important to do what’s right? That’s one of the hardest lessons to learn.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Just between you and me and the lamppost, Dylan could easily begirl's perfect other half. If I didn't alreadya perfect other half, I might have been thrilled with the gift of my very own gorgeous mutant.”

James Patterson

Source: Fang

“Iggy: So what are we going to do? lead.”

James Patterson

Source: Maximum Ride The Angel Experiment

“Jackpot, Max! Jackpot!" It was Fang and he was giggling hysterically.
For those of you just joining us, Fang doesn't giggle, esspecially hysterically.”

James Patterson

Source: Fang

“Be calm. Be Zen. You are Buddha.”

James Patterson

Source: Nevermore

“It’s, like, a safety bomb.”
-Iggy”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“You really hurt me. I wouldn't hurt you.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Look, I guess it's natural, you're teenagers, its springtime, everyone's thoughts are turning to birds and bees and caterpillars and moths…..

- Iggy”

James Patterson

Source: Fang

“Veins practically popping out of his neck, the jerk leaned out his window and yelled a bunch of swear words, including a new one I tucked away in my brain for future use, if necessary.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Here's what I was thinking about:1. Who the new threat was 2. The air show in Mexico City 3. How to get Total to quit milking his injury, because enough was enough 4. My mom and Half sister Ella 5. Fang 6. Fang 7. Fang”

James Patterson

“Advanced life-forms, my seweet patootie. Jerks. Both of them.”

James Patterson

Source: Fang

“A vet! I started laughing weakly and had to sit on the edge of the tub. A vet. Wait till they found out how appropriate that was.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“On the other hand, even a big, '80s love van was less noticeable than six flying kids and their talking dog.
So there you go.”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“I looked around. As flock leader, everyone was expecting me to make a decision. Jeb's presence here would bring uncertainty, chaos, probably danger.
It would perk up my day.”

James Patterson

Source: Angel

“Angel wanted them all to burn in h-e- double toothpicks forever.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“You know things have gone bad when military marches pass for pop music.”

James Patterson

Source: Witch & Wizard

“What are we but our stories?”

James Patterson book Sam's Letters to Jennifer

Source: Sam's Letters to Jennifer

“Choose now,' he spat, his eyes practically shooting sparks. 'Me or him.'

'Gosh, Fang, you romantic fool,' I said sarcastically. 'How incredibly sexist-pig of you.”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Great, they give blind kids guns," I said, trying to lessen his horror. "I don't even let Iggy have a gun. Usually.”

James Patterson

Source: Angel

“what was fang going to do BLOG about max throwing herself into space so she wouldn't have to kiss him again? NO instead he smashed his fist against the cave wall then grimaced at the pain and stupidity seeing his bloodied knuckles”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Actually, I'd already briefed him, early this morning. Since we were up at six. Since, at six, the nurse had been overcome with the overwhelming compulsion to take Fang's temperature.”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever

“I want to know about my mom. And other stuff. I want to know the whole story, good or bad.”
“Me, too,” said Gazzy. “I want to find my parents so I can tell’m what total scuzzes they are. Like, ‘Hi, mom and dad, you’re such scum!”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Another day. Get up and face it.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“It gets so tiring, this strong-picking-on-the-weak stuff. It was the story of my life -literally- and it seemed to be a big part of the outside world too. I was sick of it, sick of guys like these, stupid and bullying.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Later," Fang said to Ella and Dr. Martinez in that gushy, hyperemotional, overdramatic way he has.”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“I love Nudge, Nudge is a great kid, but that motormouth of hers could
have turned Mother Teresa into an ax murderer”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“You have a memory chip that small implanted in you,” he verified.
I nodded, guessing this was somewhat worse than having cooties.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“Dead Max was the biggest oxymoron in history.”

James Patterson

Source: Nevermore

“Harden your heart.”

James Patterson

Source: Nevermore

“Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message.”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“We're just not cut out for all this media circus crap.
But then, you already knew that.”

James Patterson book Maximum Ride

Source: Max

“I want to be a scientist who studies the ocean when I grow up. I would go out to sea, and scuba dive, and find new things, and National Geographic will hire me.”
Sure, Nudge. Probably around the time I become president.”

James Patterson

Source: The Angel Experiment

“What test?" Asked Nudge.
"Max, you're incorruptible."
"Only by power." I said. "You haven't tried chocolate yet.”

James Patterson

Source: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

“Have you been playing in toxic waste lately?”

James Patterson

Source: Witch & Wizard

“Please, I begged silently, please do not let my last moments on earth be me crammed into a tiny boat in the dark, surrounded by mechanical singing pirates.”

James Patterson

Source: School's Out—Forever