James Patterson Quotes

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Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.

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

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I just wish I could walk into my Senator's office and say, Senator Dude, Um, we have a problem with these sicko scientists… But then again, I don't think we have a Senator, do we? Is there a state where mutant freaks are represented? If so, let me know.

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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.

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When I wanted information, it was silent; when I didn't want to hear from it, it got chatty. It was alost as irritating as Fang.

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Disney World? Ari felt like his head was about to explode. Disney World? His gravelly voice rose into a harsh shriek. They're not on vacation! They're on the run! They're running for their lives! Death is following them like a bullet, and they're on the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad?

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And then as always, I saw the prayer coming at me. And, as always, Number 1 killed me! Set me on fire, cooked me to medium rare and then ate me! I really, really, really hope I haven't just given away the ending of this story.

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You...are...a...fridge...with wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.

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It was the building from the drawing in my brain. And if you don't think that's a weird sentence, maybe you should reread it.

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Glaring at the Gasman, ter Borcht said, Your time is coming to an end, you pathetic failure of an experiment. Vhat you say now is how you vill be remembered. Gazzy's blue eyes flashed. Then you can remember me telling you to kiss my- Enough! ter Borcht said.

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

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He's gonna be fine," I confirmed. Can we see him?" Iggy asked. Ig, I hate to break it to you, but you're blind.

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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.

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The hardest mysteries to solve are the ones you come to near the end, because there isn't enough evidence, not enough to unravel, unless somehow you can go all the way back to the beginning - rewind and replay everything.

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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.

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It's wherever you are. If it's tapped into any of your senses, it knows where you are and what you're doing. Oh no, I thought, my spirits sinking. I hadn't considered that. Did that mean nothing I did was ever anymore? Even in the bathroom? the Gasman's eyes widened with surprise.

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We will destroy you, the Flyboys droned. You have no escape. That was the most imaginative, threatening thing the whitecoats had programmed these 'droids to say? Talk about lame, Fang muttered.

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I blame Jeb for letting you be such a smart aleck. I stared at her. I blame you for altering my DNA! I mean, I have wings, lady! What were you thinking?

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Sighing, she gave a brief nod. I was supposed to win. I was supposed to finish you off. They never counted on you winning. And then you didn't kill me. It was awful. You're welcome, I said, feeling fresh anger ignite. I'll try not to humiliate you by letting you live next time. (Max II to Max)

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Max—you have a bigger mission than finding the flock's parents. Focus on helping the whole world, not just your friends. I held my wings steady, coasting for a long, long way on a warm updraft. It was like floating on a cloud, the best feeling you can imagine. I wish you could try it with me. Maybe next time. You know, Voice, I thought finally, my friends are my world.

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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.

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Yes. I owed my life, Angel's life, and my mother's life to a mutant's ability to create industrial-strength snot.

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I dropped my voice and stared into her eyes. I could tell she was trying hard not to look away. I was so furious I could have cheerfully ripped her head off. "But you're going to find out, Mom,' I said very softly."And it's gonna give you nightmares for the rest of your wasted life." Oh, my God, I was so badass. It was all I could do to not give a MWA HA HA!

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

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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.

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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 right then.

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A guy who hates his job isn't going to be too charming at home.

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Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl walking slowly below. - Cradle and All

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Drifting downstream in a row boat doesn't count against your life span.

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Dreams die hard. And sometimes they don't have to die at all.

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