James Patterson Quotes

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“Denial is not just a river in Egypt.”

“It was like meeting someone out of your dreams, or fantasies, or a beloved character from a favorite book.”

“A classroom. People trying to stick me in classrooms was becoming as predictable and annoying as people trying to kill me, but with less-fun results.”

“Why, the little Voice inside my head, of course. You mean you don't have one? I did.”

“I remembered something my first partner had told me. Never wrestle with a pig, Lindsay. You both get dirty. The pig likes it.”

“I watched the way our fingers intertwined, and I thought, What are hands made for but this? For holding. For holding on.”

“My, g**, he was as strong as a team of oxen. That would be strong right?”

“I tried to shake some water off. "I got a message from Angel,"i said, scanning the tunnel."She says there's massive danger down here, something too big for us to fix or deal with."
"So of course you immediately came down.”

“Yeah sure, why not?"i said, making a mental note to get a good look at his wings. For all I knew, they were remote-controlled and duct taped to his back.”
-max”

“The trick to having obedient, unquestioning children was to have death be the other option”

“I looked into her eyes. "Mom, who do you pray to?"

I just pray, Daniel. That's all.”

“Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to”

“Fang! Angel?" i yelled, not even trying for stealth. i was storming the castle, not stealing the jewels.”

“Write about us,” Robinson urged. “Tell our story.” And I did it; I told our story. You hold it in your hands.”

“Do you like to eat things?
-I love eating. I list it as a hobby.”

“I stood there watching Phoebe arrange the pillows and the sheets. She isn't thinking that I… I mean, she doesn't think that she and I would… WHAT?”

“That machine took my money!' I said. 'I must have revenge!”

“Okay, if this is what falling in love feels like, someone please kill me now. (Not literally, overzealous
readers.) But it was all too much—too much emotion, too much happiness, too much longing, perhaps
too much ice cream…”

“It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn”

“It's okay, Ig." said Fang. "Just give it your best shot." Sometimes the Fangster is incredibly supportive, just not with me.”

“All genders?' whispered Nudge. 'Aren't there just the two'
I shrugged. 'No idea. Maybe they've created others.”

“I don't know about the rest of you who have little voices, but something about mine made me feel completely compelled to listen to it.”

“Bizarre! That's the only word I can use to describe life sometimes. Just freaking bizarre.”

“I want my room to smell just like this." Iggy inhaled deeply as the scents flame-broiled burgers and hot french fries wafted around us.
'it would be an improvement.' I agreed.”

“Then I found it: the source of the blood, the place where he'd been shot.
'Total?' I said, and I got a slight whimper. 'You have a boo-boo on your tail.”

“Yes, Max, you are going to die. Just like everybody else.
Thank you, Confucious.”