Quotes from James Patterson

Every other person in the world would have looked at it and thought, Max would hate this. It was girly. It was beautiful. It wasn't made of titanium and black leather with spikes on it. But it seemed exactly right, in a weird, heart-fluttery kind of way. And I really loved it.

Beware the anger of a patient man.

You know, when you're right, that's all you get to be.

Maybe he was a good a good whitecoat—like Jeb. And maybe the moon was made of cream cheese.

Save your world. Love it. Protect it, and respect it and don't let haters represent it. Don't leave the saving to anyone else, ever, because, exhibit A - why, hello there - it's way too much for one person. And if you want to skip out on the responsibility train, my whole life - and death - will have been in vain. It's yours. It's all yours for taking! You're not going to waste it now, are you?

The idea for Maximum Ride come from the earlier books of mine called When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which also feature a character named Max who escapes from a quiet despicable school. Most of the similarities end there. Max and the other kids in Maximum Ride are not the same Max and kids featured in those two books. nor do Frannie and Kit play any part in Maximum Ride. I hope you enjoy the ride anyways.

If my life were a corny horror movie, and the heroine was lost and alone, trapped in an underwater cave, what would happen next? If you guessed, "She drops her flashlight, and it hits a rock and breaks, leaving her in utter darkness," you would be right. But I bet you didn't guess the part about an attack by a giant octopus.

I still felt like I might hurl, and I thought about how awful that would be in midair.

It's the ciiiiiiiiiiiiircle of liiiiiiiiiife! Iggy sang

When its true, when it's right, love can give you the kind of joy that you can't get from any other experience.

the next morning, fang and i broke up. now let me get this strait, i broke up with him. a split second after he broke up with me.

Knowledge is a terrible burden. It may help you, but it might also destroy you.

Part 1- In search of Hot Chocolate-Chip Cookies

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.

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

The act of laughing releases some nice chemical into your brain, you feel good and it's free.

Max-I'm not going to die today.

NOOOO! On the screen, a woman's eyes bugged almost out of her head, and I tried not to scream. Tried not to scream in exasperation, I mean. The serial killer was right in front of her, wide open! Clearly, instead of weeping like a moron, she could be lunging forward and administering a swift uppercut to the chin. Then this entire pointless ordeal would be over with, and I could go home.

Angel is right,said Dr. G-H quickly. This is my clumsy way of demonstrating. Demonstrating what? I was barely able to keep a snarl out of my voice. How to get yourself beat up in one easy step?

When your own romantic life is falling apart, everyone else's looks fabulous.

Gazzy: Just Ten? Angel: No. Gazzy: Five? Angel: No.

You see, one of the best things about reading is that you'll always have something to think about when you're not reading.

She had a lot of hugs to give, but not enough people to give them to.

Well, it's like I have a GPS inside me, I told them. One of the talking ones. I tell it where I want to go, and it tells me, Go twenty miles, turn left, take Exit Ninety-fourm and so one. It can be pretty bossy, frankly. Their eyes widened. Really? said one. No you idiot, I said in disgust. I don't know how it works. I just know it has an unfailing ability to point me in the opposite direction of a bunch of boneheads.