Quotes from James Patterson

the September wind wafting the few trees West End still had lining the block to the south. I guess absence really does make the heart grow fonder

were right. You could still be in the wrong

Thirsty?" I said, trying to stay cool. "You know, this is totally against the rules," she said. "That makes it taste better," I said. (Good line, right?) Jeanne

Can we ever really judge behavior by the behavior itself? Lesson learned. Most often, we can't.

No wonder i hadn't written anything decent in ages- I couldn't even figure out how to tell a boy that i loved him. That whenever i looked into his eyes, i felt like i was drowning and being saved, all at the same time. That if i had to choose between dying tomorrow or spending the rest of my life without him, i would seriously consider picking imminent death

The library will remain the school's number one information resource center, where everybody is free to study anything and everything they want.

Tell her parents they made a big mistake calling the police. Call off the dogs," said the caller, "or we'll hurt Madison. Permanently. If you back off, she'll stay alive and well, but either way, the Tylers will never see their daughter

That's the problem with stun guns, even an expensive eighty-thousand-volt Tensor. They don't always bring down a big man. Especially a crazed one with a sense of purpose.

And so now, under a Colorado sky so blue it hurt my eyes, we arrived at the terrible truth. You can plot your escape, you can ditch your life and your family, and you can race down a two-lane highway in a stolen car. But there are things you can never out run

I had made a friend. My second one in fourteen years. I was on a roll.

We are the sum of our thoughts. What you choose to dwell on will dictate your emotions.

Le secret pour rester en vie? Ne jamais cesser de respirer.

the FBI's top-ten most-wanted list. Number

A BURGER AND FRIES FIXES EVERYTHING

The haughtiness suddenly fell from Hamster's face. He looked at us fearfully for a long second.

By taking control of my sexuality, I felt like I'd finally taken control of my life.

Our luck would not run out. That's what i told myself. But they were only words

No one ever leaves alive The house at 7 Ocean Drive

The Women's Murder Club was assembled—but why?

We Irish don't always succeed, but we're pretty decent at grinding it out.

We Stink was going to sink like the Titanic.

SCHOOL—WHAT COULD BE SCARIER THAN THAT?

I'm here to say that moonshine has nothing on love- and lust

If you're going around in circles, maybe you're cutting corners.