Quotes from James Patterson

five-dollar soda

Long as you see to your own needs first. You can't do real good in the world if you don't take care of yourself.

had come into Gate 41, right on schedule.

from the nearby New York City boroughs

But I knew that I wouldn't learn the end of our story tonight—and I hoped I wouldn't, not for a very long time.

Heavenly Father, we thank You for this meal and our family and our friends," she said. "We are grateful for the lives and gifts You've given us and most of all for the love we have for each other and for You. We are blessed, Lord. Truly blessed.

No, I called myself a loser," I said, and slammed my door. "Loser.

If life gives you lemons, learn how to juggle.

roadway. We didn't stop at the house, but instead rounded the corner and stopped a block away. Stepping out and

We is so much better than I.

Kings County Hospital

Don't let anyone discourage you, Jimmy said Maxine. Not even the inanimate objects on your walls, added Rafe. Were they really laughing at you, man? Yup, I said, tapping my temple. In my imagination. Whoa. That's where they're loudest.

Cain reopened the curtains and lifted the window. The hot, humid air poured into the room, reminding him of home in Louisiana

It was called Operation Coitus Interruptus, which only goes to prove that there are some people in the FBI with a sense of humor.

I'm lucky I didn't die, huh? That is seriously bottom-of-the-barrel luck Or else it's the best kind of luck there is

The United States Senate: the most exclusive club in the world, with more than 250 years of history unimpeded by progress.

There, then," Bree said, and she hugged me tight. "Briefly lost at sea. No shipwreck. A little navigation issue. That is all.

They are almost directly above him. He closes his eyes and listens to their laughter upstairs. They are in love, he thinks, or at least they sound like it. His heart is pounding. He is here, and they don't know it. That is special all by itself—they think they're sharing something intimate, but he gets to be a part of it.

when I realized she hadn't really left for good. She'd just gone on ahead a little.

God," I said. His phone, lying far back under the industrial-size refrigerator. I ran to the hall closet, fetched a broom, used the handle to bat the phone out. Not a speck of dust came with it: Serena's a maniac for detail. Cavalry had arrived in the form of a cellular

Justice doesn't necessarily make the world a better place. Compassion always does.'" I

You may not know this, but it's an accepted fact that no room is completely done until furnished with a child's giggle.

Are you basically a pretty good, pretty decent person? Says who? Says you? Says your 'rents? Says your sibs?

Kilroy was here