Top 500 James Patterson Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “The taxi was a V-6. Good, I’d probably need all of that. I clicked off the radio and AC to funnel extra power.”

— James Patterson

402. “The doors of every house have a unique sound when they open and close.”

— James Patterson

403. “Disney World. You’ve probably been. I’m assuming that most of America has been there, because you all seemed to be there the day that we went. All of you at the same time.”

— James Patterson

404. “I picked a star and wished as hard as i could that somehow i could protect him from what was on the horizon.”

— James Patterson

405. “Wasn’t this great?” Nudge asked excitedly. “I can’t believe we’re in the White House! I want to be president someday.” “I’ll be vice president,” the Gasman offered. “You guys would be great,” I said politely. Yes, they could run on the Mutant Party ticket, with a freak-of-nature platform. No prob. I’m sure America is ready for that.”

— James Patterson

406. “Boy, you just can’t kill people like you used to,” said Fang.”

— James Patterson

407. “Exercise the right to think for yourself.”

— James Patterson

408. “Right there, in front of everyone, I threw my arms arond his neck and mashed my mouth against his. He was startled for a second, then his strong arms wraped around me so tightly I could hardly breathe. “ZOMG,” I heard Nudge whisper.”

— James Patterson

409. “Fang snapped out his huge wings and shone the penlight under his chin so it raked his cheekbones and eyes. My mouth dropped open: He looked like the angel of death.”

— James Patterson

410. “I called for back up,” Nudge said. “The police, fire department, paramedics, and a few different pizza delivery places are all on their way.”

— James Patterson

411. “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

412. “We Stink was going to sink like the Titanic.”

— James Patterson

413. “I still felt like I might hurl, and I thought about how awful that would be in midair.”

— James Patterson

414. “You love me this much!”

— James Patterson

415. “My dear, there is no universal secret. There’s only the secret each writer discovers for herself. The path forward.”

— James Patterson

416. “Fang is not the huggiest person in the world – he turns into an unbending statue, and you just have to do the best you can. Which.”

— James Patterson

417. “If you know the why, you can figure out the who.”

— James Patterson

418. “Irony sort of reaches up and slaps you in the face sometimes, doesn’t it?”

— James Patterson

419. “We know,” Nudge said apologetically. “It’s just – she’s going to make sweet potatoes with raisins and little marshmallows on top.”

— James Patterson

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

— James Patterson

421. “Yes, Max, you are going to die. Just like everybody else. Thank you, Confucious.”

— James Patterson

422. “Itsumademo ai shiteru, Yuki. I love you forever, my daughter.”

— James Patterson

423. “A saying of Sun-tzu’s hammered through her head: “A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle.”

— James Patterson

424. “By taking control of my sexuality, I felt like I’d finally taken control of my life.”

— James Patterson

425. “Total?” I said when he was close. “Can you talk?” He flopped down on the grass, panting slightly. “Yeah. So?” Jeezum. I mean, mutant weirdos are nothing new to me, you know? But a talking dog? “Why didn’t you mention this before?” I asked him. “It’s not like I lied about it,” said Total, reaching up with a hind leg to scratch behind one ear. “Between you and me, I’m still trying to get used to the whole flying-kid thing.”

— James Patterson

426. “Lawyer’s credo: Anyone can sue anyone for anything.”

— James Patterson

427. “I hoped I wasn’t actually dead. That would make finding our parents and saving the world really hard.”

— James Patterson

428. “I’m not a writer’s writer. I’m not a craftsman. I could be, and that would be a one-book-a-year operation.”

— James Patterson

429. “I guess I write four or five hours a day, but I do it seven days a week. It’s very disciplined, yes, but it’s joy for me.”

— James Patterson

430. “Why did she do this to me?” I mumble. “Actually, Samuel, from my preliminary scans of your internal organs, it does not appear that our mother has done anything to you. Were you in need of repair as well? If so, I am certain she will –.”

— James Patterson

431. “Kindness. Respect. Compassion. Empathy. You never know how these simple, small acts can help someone turn their life around.”

— James Patterson

432. “Max:“So the first thing we’re going to do,” I told him, “is push you off the roof.”

— James Patterson

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

— James Patterson

434. “Anne is quite the animal lover,” Fang said to me as we followed Angel. “Horses, sheep, goats. Chickens. Pigs.” “Yeah,” I said. “I wonder who’s for dinner?”

— James Patterson

435. “What is a lie? It’s a distortion of reality, presented as reality. We say it’s a bad thing. We teach kids not to lie. We even put people in prison for lying. And yet there are lies all around us, and half the time we don’t even really try to disguise it.”

— James Patterson

436. “When my son, Jack, was four, I had to make a trip to Los Angeles. I asked him if he was going to miss me. ‘Not so much,’ Jack told me. ‘You’re not going to miss me?’ I said. Jack shook his head, and he said, ‘Love means you can never be apart.”

— James Patterson

437. “The only thing that beats One is two, and three, and four.”

— James Patterson

438. “I was speechless. Which is, as you know, very rare.”

— James Patterson

439. “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.”

— James Patterson

440. “However, I had been hoping that Donald Trump would just drop me off in one of his helicopters.”

— James Patterson

441. “If I never had another thing, Id have everything.”

— James Patterson

442. “There,” I said. “Decades of psycho logic picked apart in three seconds by an eleven-year-old. Take that, modern science!”

— James Patterson

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

— James Patterson

444. “A guy who hates his job isn’t going to be too charming at home.”

— James Patterson

445. “It’s a baby plane,” Angel whispered when we first got inside the dollhouse-like interior. “It’s going to grow up to be a seven forty-seven someday.”

— James Patterson

446. “Terrible. This morning, when I put on my underwear, I could hear the Fruit of the Loom guys laughing at me.”

— James Patterson

447. “We try not to encourage demonstrations of his mastery of the gaseous arts.”

— James Patterson

448. “He’s gonna be fine,” I confirmed. “Can we see him?” Iggy asked. “Ig, I hate to break this to you, but you’re blind,” I said, my relief making me tease him. “However, in a little while you can go listen to him breathe and maybe talk to him.”

— James Patterson

449. “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

450. “I hugged everyone, sat down beside Cindy Thomas and Yuki Castellano, Claire’s best girlfriends and mine, the four of us making up the entire membership of what we half jokingly call the “Women’s Murder Club.”

— James Patterson