James Patterson Quotes - Page 8

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• Fang swerved closer to me, big and supremely graceful, like a black panther with wings. Oh, God. I'm so stupid. Forget I just said that. "He needs a Band-Aid," I said. A look passed between me and Fang, full of suppressed humor, relief, understanding,love — Forget I said that too. I don't know what's wrong with me.

  James Patterson

  Stupid, Wings, Understanding

  James Patterson (2009). “Maximum Ride: Max”, p.15, Random House

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• 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.

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  Fun, People, Trying

  James Patterson (2009). “Maximum Ride: Max”, p.135, Random House

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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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  Falling In Love, Ice Cream, Too Much

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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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  Way, Mystery, Enough

  James Patterson (2008). “Cross Country: (Alex Cross 14)”, p.11, Random House

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• Well, I don’t know. Mostly I just suck up what life throws my way, stomp on it, and then keep going. I don’t dwell much on what I am or how I got this way. It just is. I just am. I’m Max, and whatever form I take, it’s good enough for me.

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  Max, Way, Good Enough

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride: Fang: Dystopian Science Fiction”, p.124, Random House

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• Okay, so, flying,” I started, taking a deep breath and focusing on the thing I loved most in the world. “Flying is … great. It feels great when you’re doing it. It’s fun. Pure freedom. There’s nothing better.” Dylan smiled, a slow, easy smile that seemed to light up his whole face. “So the first thing we’re going to do,” I told him, “is push you off the roof.

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  Smile, Fun, Light

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• Why aren't crazy people content to take over, like, one town? It always has to be the whole word. They can't just control maybe twenty people. The have to control everyone. The can't just be stinking rich. The can't just do genetic experiments on a couple unlucky few. They have to put something in the water. In the air. To get everyone. I was tired of all of it.

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  Couple, Crazy, Tired

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• There's always be a me and you.

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• you'll see, jαne,' he promised her. 'you'll forget me, αnd it won't hurt tomorrow. besides, you sαid it yourself: love meαns you cαn never be αpαrt. so we'll never be αpαrt, jαne, becαuse i love you so much. i'll αlwαys, αlwαys love you.

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  Hurt, Love You, Use

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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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  Dark, Pirate, Singing

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• I hate you!” I screamed at Fang. Tucking my wings in, I aimed downward, diving toward the ground at more than two hundred miles an hour. “No you dooonnn’t!” Fang’s voice spiraled away into nothingness, far above me. Inside my head, almost drowned out by the roar of wind rushing by my ears, I heard the Voice make a tsking sound. You guys are crazy about each other, it said.

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  Crazy, Hate, Wind

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• you plan to fail if you fail to plan

  James Patterson

  Failing, Plans, Ifs

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• When are you going to trust me Max?" asked Fang. "When I go completely bonkers," I laughed.

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  Max, Trust Me, Laughed

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• Did I want a dog? No. Did I need a dog? Also no. We were six kids running for our lives, not knowing where our next meal was coming from. Could we afford to feed a dog? Wait for it—no.

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  Running, Dog, Kids

  James Patterson (2007). “The Angel Experiment”, Little, Brown and Company

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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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  Mom, Kicks, Handy

  James Patterson (2007). “The Angel Experiment”, Little, Brown and Company

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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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  Thinking, Office, Wish

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

  James Patterson

  Thinking, Fangs

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.250, Hachette UK

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

  James Patterson

  Max, Dies

  James Patterson (2007). “The Angel Experiment”, Little, Brown and Company

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• Max?” said the Gasman. “Are those, um, rats?” Lovely. “Yes, those do appear to be either rats or mice on steroids,” I said briskly, trying not to shriek and climb the walls like a girly-girl.

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  Girl, Wall, Lovely

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.230, Hachette UK

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• You have a memory chip that small implanted in you,” he verified. I nodded, guessing this was somewhat worse than having cooties.

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  Memories, Guessing, Chips

  James Patterson (2007). “The Angel Experiment”, Little, Brown and Company

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• I want to know about my mom. And other stuff. I want to know the whole story, good or bad.” “Me, too,” said Gazzy. “I want to find my parents so I can tell’m what total scuzzes they are. Like, ‘Hi, mom and dad, you’re such scum!

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  Mom, Dad, Parent

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride Boxed Set #1”, p.225, Hachette UK

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• I'm way hot," he muttered. "But I don't feel sick. Just — way hot." Fang

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  Sick, Hot, Way

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

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  Hobbies, Things I Love, Lists

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• Time for bed.” I held my fist out. One by one, my flock stacked theirs on top, and then we headed up into the trees to sleep the sleep of the innocent. Well, okay, maybe not so innocent. But the sleep of the much less guilty than others, for sure.

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  Sleep, Tree, Bed

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• Unfortunately, every time someone said “debriefing,” the entire flock had one image: someone’s tighty-whities disappearing in a flash. We were smothering our giggles, but it was getting harder. Coupled with the whole “naval this, and naval that,” with its undeniable belly-button connotations, we were essentially turning into a sugar-jacked, sleep-deprived flock of incoherent, silly, recombinant-DNA goofballs. This was not going to end well.

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  Silly, Sleep, Dna

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