Quotes from James Patterson

My invite must have gotten lost in the mail, she said venomously. But I don't mind crashing this party. -Maximum Ride talking to Max II

Angel raised her hand. Excuse me. What does LTC stand for? She blinked innocently. Loving Tender Care?Gazzy suggested.If our instructor had had lasers for eyes, he would have sliced Gazzy in half. Lieutenant colonel, he sputtered.

It sucked, but it was way cool at the same time, Gazzy said. I felt like the Blue Angels! Yeah, except the blue Angels are an extremely well funded, well equipped, well trained, well fed, and no doubt squeaky-clean group of crack navy pilots, I said. And we're a bunch of unfunded, unequipped, semitrained, not nearly well fed enough, and filthy mongrel avian-human hybrids. But other than that, it's exactly the same.

Bombs are good. I love bombs.--Iggy

Bad stuff happens. Sometimes it makes no sense at all. Sometimes its unfair. Sometimes, it just plain sucks. Bad stuff happens sometimes. Always remember that, but remember that you have to move on somehow. You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky, or the ocean, and you move the hell on.

They're afraid of change, and we must change. They're afraid of the young, and we are the young. They're afraid of music, and music is our life. They're afraid of books, and knowledge, and ideas. They're most afraid of our magic.

Honesty is always good, except when it's better to lie.

Call me crazy, but there's just something cheering about seeing huge raptors tear into Eraser flesh.

I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish.

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

Tears were dripping onto my dress, but I wasn't making any sound. There was no sound to express thid kind of pain. I didn't want to move, didn't want to do anything. Fang was not waiting for me out in the living room. Tomorrow morning, when I woke up, Fang would still be gone.

Total? I called. He looked up alertly, then ran over to me, small pink tongue hanging out. Total? I said when he was close. Can you talk? He flopped down on the grass, panting slightly. Yeah. So? Jeezum. I mean, mutant weirdos are nothing new to me, you know? But a talking dog?

Max-Dogs, dogs, go away, let me live another day.

I'm magnetic, she whispered, half awed and half horrified. I hope you don't start sticking to fridges and stuff, I said in disbelief. Fang dropped down next to me, and the Gasman joined us, squishing in next to Nudge. What's going on? Fang asked. I'm Magnet Girl! Nudge said, already coming to terms with her new skill.

I'm pretty sure that if you looked up the word nuts in the dictionary, you'll find my picture. Just another fun feature of my mutant-birdkid-freak package.

Gazzy: What does that mean? (points to metal plaque warning to stay off the third rail that said Stay off the third rail!) Fang: It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn. "Okay," I said. "Good tip. Everyone stay off the third rail. Then I shot Fang a look that said, Thank you for that lovely image. He almost grinned at me.

Angel? I said. Baby penguins eat a regurgitated mixture of partially digested fish, krill, and an oily substance form their fathers' stomachs. Are you willing to eat a bunch of raw fish and krill, and then barf it back up into a baby penguin's cute, cheeping mouth? Like, every hour? Sometimes my crushing logic astounds even me.

Iggy's spine tightened, his face like ice. When he'd been at the School, they'd tried to surgically enhance his night vision. Now he was blind forever. Oops.

Just for fun I flew in huge banking arcs, taking deep breaths, enjoying the feel of my newly weightless hair. The stylist had called it "wind tossed." If only she knew.

That'd be just what I need: a rash of car thefts across America, committed by dedicated readers.

There's a saying I remember from my grandmother: One today is worth two tomorrows.

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.

You're gonna fall now,' I heard Angel say in a normal voice. I swung my head to see gravely watching an Eraser who looked confused, paralyzed. Angel shifted her gaze to the water below. Fear entered the Eraser's eyes, and his wings folded. He dropped like a rock. You're getting scary, you know that?'I said to Angel, not really kidding. I mean, making an Eraser drop right out of the sky just by telling him to - jeez.

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