Top 500 James Patterson Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Congratulations. The fact that you’re reading this means you’ve taken one giant step closer to surviving until your next birthday.”

— James Patterson

102. “What are we but our stories?”

— James Patterson

103. “Between Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, and Dorothy Parker, everything worth saying has already been said, and said better than i could ever say it.”

— James Patterson

104. “A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night.”

— James Patterson

105. “You’re lucky if you find something you like to do, and it’s a miracle if somebody will pay you to do it.”

— James Patterson

106. “Pain is a message, and you can choose to ignore that message.”

— James Patterson

107. “Always expect the unexpected. Right around Thanksgiving, when the new Alex Cross will be out. It’s called Four Blind Mice and it’s a pretty amazing story about several murders inside the military.”

— James Patterson

108. “Dreams die hard. And sometimes they don’t have to die at all.”

— James Patterson

109. “There’s nothing more dangerous than than someone trying to act for the greater good.”

— James Patterson

110. “I muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new resolution was to watch my language. All I needed was a six-year-old mutant with a potty mouth.”

— James Patterson

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

— James Patterson

112. “Congratulations. The fact that you’re reading this means you’ve taken one giant step closer to surviving till your next birthday. Yes, you, standing there leafing through these pages. Do not put this book down. I’m dead serious – your life could depend on it.”

— James Patterson

113. “It was so cold outside that a lawyer would have his hands in his own pockets.”

— James Patterson

114. “Sometimes a happy delusion is better than grim reality.”

— James Patterson

115. “We’re all on death row, ultimately. Are you so stupid that don’t see that? Sure, you kids in here, as enemies of the system, will assuredly die earlier than most. As well you should. But all of us everywhere have a one-way ticket to death.”

— James Patterson

116. “Life can be like walking on a high wire. Falling seems a tiny misstep away.”

— James Patterson

117. “Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn’t mean that all stories have to, even if that’s what they tell us in school and in the New York Times Review. In fact, it’s a good thing that stories are as different as we are, one from another.”

— James Patterson

118. “They call me, The Sharkalator.”

— James Patterson

119. “They’re afraid of change, and we must change. They’re afraid of the young, and we are the young. They’re afraid of music, and music is our life. They’re afraid of books, and knowledge, and ideas. They’re most afraid of our magic.”

— James Patterson

120. “I think sometimes we give people a lot of credit just because they’re writing nice sentences even if it isn’t adding up to much.”

— James Patterson

121. “My life would never contain a convenient, pain-saving plan when it could stretch a problem out into an endless agony of uncertainty and torture.”

— James Patterson

122. “Sundown had bloodied the horizon over the uneven rooftops of South Boston. Birds were perched on every roof and seemed to be watching the girl walking slowly below. – Cradle and All.”

— James Patterson

123. “It gets so tiring, this strong-picking-on-the-weak stuff. It was the story of my life -literally- and it seemed to be a big part of the outside world too. I was sick of it, sick of guys like these, stupid and bullying.”

— James Patterson

124. “There comes a point in everybody’s life when you realize the stakes have suddenly changed. The carefree ride of your life slams into a stone wall; all those years of merely bouncing along, life taking you where you want to go, abruptly end.”

— James Patterson

125. “It’s better to care too much than too little. Every single time.”

— James Patterson

126. “The best way to get kids reading more is to give them books that they’ll gobble up – and that will make them ask for another.”

— James Patterson

127. “The most striking thing about beautiful churches, to me, is that they were mostly designed by people who were inspired by a belief in something larger and more important than themselves, and this is how I try to lead my own life.”

— James Patterson

128. “They turned to Angel. “We will call you Little One,” the leader said, obviously deciding to dispense with the whole confusing name thing. “Okay,” said Angel agreeably. “I’ll call you Guy in a White Lab Coat.” He frowned. “That can be his Indian name,” I suggested.”

— James Patterson

129. “You know how most people dread a birthday... Well, I feel the exact opposite. I feel that every day is an extraordinary gift. Just to be here, and especially to be here with you.”

— James Patterson

130. “That’s right: Never underestimate the power of a good laugh. It can stop some of the fiercest middle-school monsters.”

— James Patterson

131. “I love you. I love your smile, your snarl, your grin, your face when you’re sleeping.”

— James Patterson

132. “Dr. Martinez: “I take it you don’t want me to call your parent?” Max: “Uh, no.” Hello, lab? May I speak to the test tube please?”

— James Patterson

133. “Mirror, mirror on the wall, I am my mother after all.”

— James Patterson

134. “The hardest mysteries to solve are the ones you come to near the end, because there isn’t enough evidence, not enough to unravel, unless somehow you can go all the way back to the beginning – rewind and replay everything.”

— James Patterson

135. “Anger, hatred, and bitterness are lethal poisons. They cause a slow, painful emotional death that only you suffer. Self-destruction will never defeat an enemy or create justice.”

— James Patterson

136. “My mom had a soft heart after all! Instead of being chained by both wrists, we were only chained by one ankle! I mean, if I’d been looking for proof that she really did love me, this was it, right?”

— James Patterson

137. “It was a little weird that they were friends. But then, maybe freaks just tended to find each other.”

— James Patterson

138. “I vill eat nine Snikuhs bahs visout bahfing.”

— James Patterson

139. “Once I was seated, I couldn’t help people-watching. I’ll admit it, I’m an addict from way back.”

— James Patterson

140. “Fang, fang. I love you. I looooove you. I love you thiiiiiiiiiis much!”

— James Patterson

141. “Angel wanted them all to burn in h-e- double toothpicks forever.”

— James Patterson

142. “A boy and a girl, fated to rule all. Two will rise, and One will fall.”

— James Patterson

143. “Bizarre! That’s the only word I can use to describe life sometimes. Just freaking bizarre.”

— James Patterson

144. “So you have your price. Your soul for a cookie.”

— James Patterson

145. “No one ever leaves alive The house at 7 Ocean Drive.”

— James Patterson

146. “A COINCIDENCE in a police investigation is like an honest man in politics.”

— James Patterson

147. “Once a bird kid, always a bird kid. – maximum ride series.”

— James Patterson

148. “If life were a movie, we’d have had what they call a “meet cute”.”

— James Patterson

149. “I mean, who cares about SpongeBob SquarePants? I’m sitting here with Wolverine! -random kid talking to Ari.”

— James Patterson

150. “Have faith and pursue the unknown end.” Oliver Wendell Holmes said that. I have faith. I pursue the unknown. That’s my job description.”

— James Patterson