James Patterson Quotes
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501. “Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in. I drink at it, but while I drink, I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is. Its current slides away, but eternity remains. I would drink deeper, fish in the sky, whose bottom is pebbly with stars.”

— James Patterson

502. “Every day from the crack of dawn,” he said- and i completed the rest, “until we can’t keep our eyes open one second longer.”

— James Patterson

503. “Time to die. -Evil Angel.”

— James Patterson

504. “I love to tell stories. It’s a delight for me.”

— James Patterson

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505. “Murder can be made to look like suicide, and suicide can be made to look like Murder.”

— James Patterson

506. “In the dictionary, next to the word stress, there is a picture of a midsize mutant stuck inside a dog crate, wondering if her destiny is to be killed or to save the world. Okay, not really. But there should be.”

— James Patterson

507. “If you’re going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now. Things are almost never as bad as they first seem. Loosen up, girlfriend!”

— James Patterson

508. “Here’s a freebie: Don’t play poker with a kid who can read minds.”

— James Patterson

509. “Oh great. Yoda captured us.”

— James Patterson

510. “A vet! I started laughing weakly and had to sit on the edge of the tub. A vet. Wait till they found out how appropriate that was.”

— James Patterson

511. “A lot healthier than getting socked in the stomach. Especially if you had a big breakfast.”

— James Patterson

512. “I don’t believe in lecturing people. It’s much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.”

— James Patterson

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513. “Like we were just jagged puzzle pieces that made no sense alone but together we fit perfectly. That’s what life is supposed to be like for normal people right? You find that other piece that matches yours that completes yours. And you make the jags and the crevices fit, even if they don’t go in perfectly smooth, even if they require a few adjustments. You don’t demand perfection you make it work and appreciate the parts that fit instead of obsessing about the small angles that don’t.”

— James Patterson

514. “You’re your own worst enemy, Marta always said to me. You don’t need anyone to torment you because you do it to yourself.”

— James Patterson

515. “Seize what’s been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.”

— James Patterson

516. “What did that stupid deserting crap-bag ex-boyfriend, ex-best friend with the most perfect stupid hair do? He DIDN’T delete his crap off the desktop before he fled my life and left me all alone. That’s what he did.”

— James Patterson

517. “Yeah, well, asparagus is good for me, but it still makes me want to throw up.”

— James Patterson

518. “A good love story always keeps the pot boiling.”

— James Patterson

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519. “On the other hand, even a big, ’80s love van was less noticeable than six flying kids and their talking dog. So there you go.”

— James Patterson

520. “Little books can mean big things, baby books are things that you probably might not know.”

— James Patterson

521. “E is definitely the biggest ERROR my mother has ever made – worse than the time she designed a litter-box-cleaning robot that flung clumps of kitty poop all over the house.”

— James Patterson

522. “I’m sure some of you get sent to your rooms sometimes by your parents. All I have to say is, the next time it happens and you’re lying there all mad thinking about how hard your life is, just picture me standing next to you, ready to smack you upside the head. When I get sent to my room, it’s in a freaking dungeon! With rats!”

— James Patterson

523. “Better paranoid then sorry.”

— James Patterson

524. “Jeezum – humans were like eggshells.”

— James Patterson

525. “I gave him a kick and he stepped back onto the third rail. Exploding, flaming eraser! This is why moms tell you to stay away from the third rail, but it sure came in handy this time.”

— James Patterson

526. “You’re a Capricorn to the core. Organized, loves structure, not driven by impulse, a master of restraint.”

— James Patterson

527. “If your going to look back on something and laugh about it, you might as well laugh about it now.”

— James Patterson

528. “What’s so funny ’bout peace, love, and world destruction?”

— James Patterson

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

— James Patterson

530. “The world was becoming a zoo, without cages.”

— James Patterson

531. “Excuse me? I’m alive too.”

— James Patterson

532. “I love the idea of expanding the universe of games to some extent. At one point, they were kind of limited to boys, fanboys and whatever. I like the idea of liberation for games.”

— James Patterson

533. “You love him so much it feels like you can’t go on without him. You feel like you might die without him.”

— James Patterson

534. “Which means what?” I demanded. “That I’m nothing? That I’m not a person? That you can do anything you want to me and it’s okay? You’re so full of it! But you’re wrong. I know that I do matter. I am important. And you’re a pathetic, cold, pointless wastoid who’s going to grow old alone and die, then roast in limbo forever.”

— James Patterson

535. “Never underestimate the power of a good laugh.”

— James Patterson

536. “As I stare into the Border collie’s eyes, I think that maybe I should go inside and call the girls. Claire, Cindy, and Jill would be here almost before I hung up the phone. They would hold me, hug me, say all the right things. You’re special, Lindsay. Everybody loves you, Lindsay.”

— James Patterson

537. “I was always a good student, but I didn’t read that much until I was 18 and I was working my way through college.”

— James Patterson

538. “You love me this much!”

— James Patterson

539. “Justice doesn’t necessarily make the world a better place. Compassion always does.”

— James Patterson

540. “Please, I begged silently, please do not let my last moments on earth be me crammed into a tiny boat in the dark, surrounded by mechanical singing pirates.”

— James Patterson

541. “I was crazily, deeply, incredibly, joyously, terrifiedly in love.”

— James Patterson

542. “The idea for Maximum Ride come from the earlier books of mine called When the Wind Blows and The Lake House, which also feature a character named Max who escapes from a quiet despicable school. Most of the similarities end there. Max and the other kids in Maximum Ride are not the same Max and kids featured in those two books. nor do Frannie and Kit play any part in Maximum Ride. I hope you enjoy the ride anyways.”

— James Patterson

543. “You know things have gone bad when military marches pass for pop music.”

— James Patterson

544. “Are you fangalicious? -Jess, a random blogger I could never be as fangalicious as you’d want me to be.-Fang.”

— James Patterson

545. “Until now, I never noticed how much fantasy had to do with reality.”

— James Patterson

546. “Across from the famous jewelry store on Fifth Avenue at Fifty-Seventh Street, we sat in the back of a graffiti-covered white box truck watching the world go by on the surveillance vehicle’s hidden high-def camera. So far there had been no sign of the thieves. Or even Audrey Hepburn.”

— James Patterson

547. “Lots of women are gifting themselves with diamonds for their right hand.”

— James Patterson

548. “The trick to having obedient, unquestioning children was to have death be the other option.”

— James Patterson

549. “You will never stumble while on your knees.”

— James Patterson

550. “You mean other than the wings? I once ate nine snicker bars in a row without barfing. It was a record.”

— James Patterson