James Patterson Quotes - Page 11

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• One of the nice things about books as opposed to television and movies to some extent is it's not a passive entertainment. People really do get involved, and they do create, and they do have their own visions of what different characters look like and what should happen. It's great - it means their brains are working.

  James Patterson

  Nice, Book, Character

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• Do I open it? Do I open it? Of course I freaking open it!

  James Patterson

  Courses

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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.

  James Patterson

  Lame, Threatening, Imaginative

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.672, Hachette UK

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• How could you stop loving me?

  James Patterson

  Loving Me

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• Reading is not work, not a chore, not a drudgery; reading is the most joyful thing, yet, in the world.

  James Patterson

  Reading, World, Joyful

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• Are you fangalicious? -Jess, a random blogger I could never be as fangalicious as you'd want me to be.-Fang

  James Patterson

  Want, Want Me, Bloggers

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• I'm a girl who has been tamping down her emotions and keeping them tightly guarded her whole life. And that works really well for me. [...] And now I felt like my shell had a dangerous crack in it. Without much more effort on his part, it would split wide open and my enormous river of emotions would gush out - the bad and the good. It was pretty much the scariest thing I'd ever thought of.

  James Patterson

  Girl, Rivers, Effort

  "Maximum Ride: Angel". Book by James Patterson, March 3, 2011.

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• There was something I needed to say. “Sorry. About before.” Fang shot a sideways glance at me, his eyes dark and inscrutable, as always. He looked back out at the water. I didn’t expect any more acknowledgment than that. Fang never- “You almost gave me a heart attack,” he said quietly. “When I saw you, and all that blood . . .” He threw a small rock as hard as he could down the beach. “I’m sorry.” “Don’t do it again,” he said. I swallowed hard. “I won’t.” Something changed right then, but I didn’t know what.

  James Patterson

  Beach, Sorry, Heart

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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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  Boys, Voice, People

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.303, Hachette UK

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• That was the funniest thing I'd heard in days. You're kidding, right? PLEASE tell me you have a stronger motive for me than 'fair is fair.' Life isn't FAIR, Dean....Nothing is fair, EVER. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I need to help you because FAIR IS FAIR? Try, 'I need you to help me so I won't rip out your spine and beat you with it.' I MIGHT respond to that. MAYBE.

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  Rip, Trying, Stronger

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• I didn't think he was a robot...but I did wonder if his emotions had been designed out of him. Of course, with a guy, how could I tell? Ha ha!

  James Patterson

  Thinking, Guy, Robots

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• "I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us.

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  Angel, Long, Water

  "Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever". Book by James Patterson, May, 2006.

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• We try not to encourage demonstrations of his mastery of the gaseous arts.

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  Art, Trying, Mastery

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• Max-I'm not going to die today.

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  Max, Today, Maximum Ride

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• Walking over to Iggy, he poked him with his shoe. "Does anysing on you vork properly?" Iggy rubbed his forehead with one hand. "Well, I have a highly developed sense of irony.

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  Hands, Shoes, Doe

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• My mom had a soft heart after all! Instead of being chained by both wrists, we were only chained by one ankle! I mean, if I’d been looking for proof that she really did love me, this was it, right?

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  Mom, Heart, Mean

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• What are you doing here?” [ndr prison] Selling Girl Scout cookies,” I said. “Want some? The Samoas are terrific.” (Max II to Max)

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  Girl, Max, Cookies

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• The subject for a lot of non-fiction is very emotional, but if you read it, it's the most boring, dry stuff. I wanted 'Torn Apart' to be extremely accessible and readable.

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  Emotional, Fiction, Torn Apart

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• The vampire underworld is much larger than most people could imagine. It exists in all the cities mentioned in the book, but also in many, many more. Teenagers, especially, seem to like to act out vampire fantasies.

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  Teenager, Book, Ghouls

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• There are terrific models for success with reluctant readers, but many school systems and state governments need to set aside their 'not invented here' and 'we have more important problems than education' attitudes.

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  Attitude, School, Government

  "How to get your kid to be a fanatic reader". Interview With James Patterson, www.cnn.com. September 28, 2011.

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• I've been looking for you a long time, I just didn't know it. But now I do.

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  Long, Long Time, Knows

  James Patterson (2001). “Suzanne's diary for Nicholas: a novel”

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• To be without love is to be without grace, what matters most in life. We is so much better than I.

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  Love Is, What Matters, Grace

  James Patterson (2001). “Suzanne's diary for Nicholas: a novel”

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• It's so strange. Everything can be going alone just great, and then one day, whack, you're blindsided-- a lousy, crammy blow you didn't see coming.

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  Blow, One Day, Strange

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• Don’t ever leave me again,” I said in a tiny voice. I won’t,” he promised into my hair, sounding most un-Fang-like. “I won’t. Not ever.” And just like that, a cold shard of ice that had been inside my chest ever since we’d split up-well, it just disappeared. I felt myself relax for the first time in I don’t known how long. The wind was chilly, but the sun was bright, and my whole flock was together. Fang and I were together. Excuse me? I’m alive too.” Iggy’s plaintive voice made me pull back.

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  Hair, Ice, Wind

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• Fang felt a cold jolt, then dismissed it. Max wasn’t dead. He would know, somehow. He would have felt it. The world still felt the same to him; therefore, Max was still in it.

  James Patterson

  Max, World, Cold

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