Quotes from James Patterson

Never wrestle with a pig, Lindsay. You both get dirty. The pig likes it.

The Kennedy Curse is an idea that endures.

But i missed nothing- because everything that truly mattered to me was either already gone or right here next to me in the museum holding my hand

And why was the blind guy on watch, you might ask? Because a cockroach couldn't come within fifty feet of us without his knowing it. Iggy

How do you know anything for sure? I thought. But i knew the answer to that already. You don't

I won't lie to you. I can't say why God would take her now. But if the fact that she was sent here among us doesn't point toward a loving God, then I can't help you.

Total paranoia is just total awareness.

The possibility of a woman pope was extraordinary, astounding, and if it happened, the consequences would be profound. Zachary

Robinson sat up and peered out at the lawn. I had no idea you were so deprived. They're the best bugs in the world because they can light up their butts. It's how they find mates

Ever notice that anyone going slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?

And the girl understood something else- and maybe the boy did, too. Love was a magical and infinite. But luck, in the end, was not.

Grades don't make the man, the man makes the grade.

Blow up demonic Erasers

Make firebombs—for our protection only.

Ray Bradbury had once written that "living at risk is jumping off a cliff, and building your wings on the way down." Sampson

It's too bad the word miracle has been overused, because I swear it's the only word that fit the feeling of holding my daughter in my arms. My heart swelled to the size of the world.

and Amora, but this time poolside with Amora's

While God had not forsaken this place, He was clearly expecting us to hold up our end, as it appeared He was needed elsewhere.

We couldn't know the future or how long it would last. We could only choose to be happy and alive right now.

I'M RAFe KHATCHADORiAN, TRAGiC HeRO I

I wish I could explain what I'd give just to see you smile again." How about your head on a stick?

quivering, as if she couldn't decide whether to laugh or frown. I love my mom, and I have no idea how she can find Rafe funny. It must be a gene I missed. "So, are you two excited for your first day?" Mom asked. Changing the subject. Nicely done, Mom. "I can't wait," Rafe and I said together. Only his voice clearly meant "I can wait," while my voice meant "I'm so excited that I'm about to explode!

Boy, you just can't kill people like you used to," said Fang.

The color of my eyes is like barfed-up chocolate?" Despair settled over me. There was no hope. "No, the chocolates before they were barfed," Angel clarified. So there you have it, the extent of my charms: brown hair and eyes like unbarfed chocolate. I'm a lucky girl. "Max