James Patterson Quotes

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We'll be back! he snarled. It was really Ari's voice. Boy, you just can't kill people like you used to, said Fang

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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

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Seize what's been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.

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Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open. Have you been watching Oprah again?

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Blood City III: The Massacre. I'd read the summary of it online, and frankly, it sounded like the directors had just decided to film my life.

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The funny thing about facing imminent death is that it really snaps everything else into perspective.

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But if I could do anything? Maybe you would want to be able to save the world, the Voice said. Did you ever think of that? No. I frowned. Leave that to the grown-ups. But grown-ups are the ones destroying the world, the Voice said. Think about it.

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Disappear where?" You know what they say: Curiosity killed the mutant bird kid. But I couldn't help myself.

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

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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.

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I didn't know a van could go up on two wheels like that, for so long." -Nudge

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

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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.

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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.

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I stared at her in amazement. "How do you even live with yourself?"..."You're willing to sell children to a foreign government so they can be used as weapons, possibly against other Americans. I don't get it. Were you hiding behind a door on morals and ethics day?...You couldn't mother someone if they shot five gallons of estrogen into your veins.

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As a maternal figure, I always try to keep the flock safe, of course. But I admit, it did my heart proud to see the instant blood-lust pop into Gazzy's blue eyes and to see little Angel automatically tense up and get into fighting stance, ready to rip someone's head off. They were just so — so dang adorable, sometimes.

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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.

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

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You were designed to be very smart, Max,' she told me. 'We electrically stimulated your synaptic nerve endings while your brain was developing.' (The director) And yet I still can't program my DVD player,' I said." (Max)

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You can call me Agent Mickelson,' he told me with a smile. 'What about you? Is Max short for something? Maxine?' 'No, Dean. It's just Max.

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

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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…

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Dear God," said Nudge under her breath, "I want real parents. But I want them to want me too. I want them to love me. I already love them. Please see what you can do. Thanks very much. Love, Nudge." Okay, so I'm not saying we were pros at this or anything. (Max thoughts)

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How did you become blind, uh, Jeff is it?" Yeah, Jeff. Well, I looked directly at the sun, you know, the way they always tell you not to. If only I had listened.

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Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem.

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He grinned at me so unexpectedly I forgot to flap for a second and dropped several feet."You looove me," he crooned smugly holding his arms out wide, he added,"You love me this much.

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Living life was like putting the beach into a jar. The point wasn't to fit everything in; it was to attend to the most important things first—the big, beautiful rocks—the most valuable people and experiences—and fit the lesser things in around them. Otherwise, the best things might get left out

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Have you ever been to Colorado?" I frowned. "Is that one of those square ones, in the middle?

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Fang's hand gently smoothed my hair off my neck. My breath froze in my chest, and every sense seemed hyperalert. His hand stroked my hair again, so softly, and then trailed across my neck and shoulder and down my back, making me shiver. I looked up. What the heck are you doing? Helping you change your mind, he whispered, and then he leaned over, tilted my chin up, and kissed me.

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

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