James Patterson Quotes

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“Right there, in front of everyone, I threw my arms arond his neck and mashed my mouth against his. He was startled for a second, then his strong arms wraped around me so tightly I could hardly breathe.
"ZOMG," I heard Nudge whisper.”

“You know, when you're right, that's all you get to be.”

“Maybe he was a good a good whitecoat—like Jeb. And maybe the moon was made of cream cheese.”

“You are a fridge with wings. We're freaking ballet dancers.”

“Iggy. This is not a democracy," I said,(…)"It's
a Maxocracy.”

“Beware the anger of a patient man.”

“Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you.”

“Fang. I had to do some thinking about him.
Me. I had some thinking to do about me too.”

“I still felt like I might hurl, and I thought about how awful that would be in midair.”

“the next morning, fang and i broke up. now let me get this strait, i broke up with him. a split second after he broke up with me.”

“Angel is right,"said Dr. G-H quickly. "This is my clumsy way of demonstrating."
"Demonstrating what?" I was barely able to keep a snarl out of my voice. "How to get yourself beat up in one easy step?”

“Part 1- In search of Hot Chocolate-Chip Cookies”

“Max-I'm not going to die today.”

“It's the ciiiiiiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiife!" Iggy sang”

“There you have it: our lives in a nutshell. Emphasis on.
But if the above whipped your mind into a frenzy, here's something even more interesting: Fang started a blog. Not that he's self-absorbed or trendy or anything. Nope, not him.”

“I gave him a kick and he stepped back onto the third rail. Exploding, flaming eraser! This is why moms tell you to stay away from the third rail, but it sure came in handy this time.”

“I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed me by my shoulders. I was so surprised that I forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.”

“When your own romantic life is falling apart, everyone else's looks fabulous.”

“When its true, when it's right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can't get from any other experience.”

“Iggy nodded. “I’m bummed we couldn’t use Big Boy,” he said. “But I don’t want to waste it. We have to actually see them first. I mean, you do.”
“Maybe tomorrow,” the Gasman said encouragingly. “We’ll go see what havoc we’ve wreaked.”
“Wrought.”

“Your mind creates your reality. If you expect nothing, you open up the universe to give you options. If you expect the worst, you usually get it.”

“They aren't the brightest crayons in the box
-Max(saving the world and other extreme sports)”

“I never miss a good chance to shut up”

“The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free.”

“Fair isn't fair, Dean. Like I'm supposed to help you because fair is fair? Try I need you to help me so I wont rip out your spine and beat you with it. I might respond to that, maybe.”

“She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to.”

“Sometimes a happy delusion is better than grim reality.”

“I won’t lie to you—it was hilarious. Yes, we were in trouble, yes, this was a disaster, and so one and so forth, but I have to say, seeing those upturned faces, the looks, was bout the best thing that happened to us since we’d come to New York.”

“What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and world destruction?”

“guess they forgot to program us with any respect for authority."

"well, I have a highly developed sense of irony.”

“When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.”

“What kind of thoughtless creep would burn a book?”

“Plus her mom was so awesome. She was strict about some things—don’t leave your socks lying around—but so not strict about other things, like calling the cops about my bullet wound.”

“You're just here for the ride. For the incredible, indescribable Maximum Ride.
--Max's Voice”

“What are you guys doing? If you anted me to take a shower, all you had to do was pay me ten bucks, like you usually do”

“Then I went to bed and cried into my pillow. I wasn't sad, not at all. It was just so beautiful to have an intense feeling and the right words at the same time.

What are we but our stories?”

“Congratulations. The fact that you're reading this means you've taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday.”

“There's always be a me and you.”

“Angel screeched with fury and despair to the empty walls around her. "I'm human, do you hear me? It hurts!”

“How could you stop loving me?”

“She didn't flirt with him, but they hung out together a lot, and every time I saw their heads bent over a computer screen or map, it made my stomach clench. And my teeth. And my fists.”

“Sometimes being a leader isn’t about winning. Sometimes it’s about doing what’s right, instead of what’s powerful.”

“Are you fangalicious? -Jess, a random blogger

I could never be as fangalicious as you'd want me to be.-Fang”

“I wouldn’t trust you if you were the last life raft leaving the Titanic.”-max”

“I fell into a deep sleep tucked in that little cocoon, a deeper sleep than I might of had in years.

Right up until someone kicked me and said "Gotcha!”

“Keep this in mind: there are no coincidences.”

“People always remember the worst day of their lifes. It becomes a part of them forever.”

“My choices were to either give in and let them kill all of us or fight back with everything I had. I chose the second one, ’cause I’m just funny that way.”

“Pain fades,” I said slowly. “But being a nutcase seems to stick around. Guess who got the better deal here?” The last thing I remember is Mr. Chu’s face blazing with fury.”