Quotes from James Patterson

His face flushed, and I felt like cheering. Yes, he said stiffly. Besides de vings. Hmm. Besides de vings. Nudge tapped one finger against her chin. Um... Her face brightened. I once ate nine Snickers bars in one sitting. Without barfing. That was a record! Hardly a special talent, ter Borcht said witheringly. Nudge was offended. Yeah? Let's see YOU do it. ... ... I vill now eat nine Snickers bars, Gazzy said in a perfect, creepy imitation of ter Borcht's voice, visout bahfing.

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.

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.

What are they teaching these thugs? -Why are there so many of them? -What is the Institute for Higher Aeronautics? -How many of the are there? There are only six of us! Why? -Why is DC public transportation so weird? -Why don't we mug those Eraser goons for money more often? -Fang's Blog

I tried to shake some water off. I got a message from Angel,i said, scanning the tunnel.She says there's massive danger down here,something too big for us to fix or deal with. So of course you immediately came down.

Yeah sure,why not?i said,making a mental note to get a good look at his wings. For all I knew, they were remote-controlled and duct taped to his back." -max

I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed my shoulders. I was so surprised that i forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.' "I don't want anything to happen to you," he said urgently. "What you want does not matter here," I said slowly and carefully. I hoped Dylan was sensitive enough to read between the lines, to the subtext of: Let go of me or I'll kill you.

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

There you have it: our lives in a nutshell. Emphasis on nut.

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

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.

i play a mean harmonica

It's okay, Ig. said Fang. Just give it your best shot. Sometimes the Fangster is incredibly supportive, just not with me.

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…

My, g**, he was as strong as a team of oxen. That would be strong right?

I looked into her eyes. Mom, who do you pray to? I just pray, Daniel. That's all.

Then I found it: the source of the blood, the place where he'd been shot. 'Total?' I said, and I got a slight whimper. 'You have a boo-boo on your tail.

I was afraid of what I felt. But was that the only reason it was so hard to admit it to him? Or was I afraid that he didn't feel the same? Yes, I was definitely afraid of that.

you plan to fail if you fail to plan

I want my room to smell just like this. Iggy inhaled deeply as the scents flame-broiled burgers and hot french fries wafted around us. 'it would be an improvement.' I agreed.

Seize what's been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.

I found this, though, Gazzy said excitedly, holding up a small green box. Gas-X! Like, 'X' for explosion! This is great! I'm thinking I rig this with a detonator and- Did you find that in the medicine cabinet? Dylan asked. Yeah. It's for upset stomachs, Dylan said, trying to hide a smile. He pointed to the words on the box. It's to reduce gas in you digestive system, not to create more gas to make explosions. Gazzy's face fell as Iggy said, Really? Gazzy, take it! Take the whole box!

Now that we were alone,i was self-conscious and cranky again.Why had i wanted to stay?if i had been programmed to want to be with dylan,heads were gonna roll,i promise you that.

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?