Quotes from James Patterson

family we choose. You don't know how lucky I am that Pierce and Gaynor chose me. These two guys are awesome. The best.

had delivered her, on a dark and stormy night

We start talking about current events. I ask him, "What's the story about weapons of mass destruction?" "I wanted them." "Did you get them?" "No." "So why did you kind of lead everybody on that you had weapons of mass destruction?

Mom wouldn't be home until late, and both Georgia and Bear were asleep by nine—Georgia because she's a kid, and Bear because he's always so tired after a long day of NOT working. I'm

the Hamptons for eighteen years.

poked his head into the vehicle.

The time is going to pass no matter what you do.

You funny!" howled Nikita. "No," I said. "That's an entirely different book series starring Jamie Grimm. He funny. We Kidds. We treasure hunters.

Judging by how fast she talks and how

As you think, you travel, and as you love, you attract. You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.

He punched in Acadia's number. When it went to voice mail, he said

You could tell just from looking at the building. Big

The house continues to call out from parts unseen, aches and hiccups and wheezes, a centuries-old creature drawing long, labored breaths. When

This case won't affect our wedding, will it?" "No way." She seemed dubious. I added, "I promise." Mary Catherine knew I wouldn't break a promise.

When Carl Monroe wants something from you, he'll talk you into submission if he has to. I had seen this before and now he started up with me again.

All I know about organic is the disgusting plain yogurt Mom keeps in the fridge at home, but I'm pretty sure Donatello meant it was a good thing.

Next, I went out to the garage and snuck a can of Zoom out of Bear's not-as-much-of-a-secret-as-he-thinks-it-is stash. He keeps cases and cases of it out there, just for himself, but he never notices if a few are missing.

I don't think the sensei would mind. He is also a Zen priest. He quotes Zen philosophy a lot. Like, 'If you light a candle for somebody else, it also brightens your path.' And my favorite: 'A rising tide lifts all boats.

ever, according to Guinness World Records. Since his first novel won the Edgar Award in 1976, James

No? Oh, wait, that's from a different movie

Bavar takes off?

That damned smart-phone is the stupidest gadget I've ever owned.

Between now and San Francisco, she had to deal with the girl. Chapter

Marines—a lone-wolf sniper who had taken out high-profile