1,151 Quotes by James Patterson


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    Maybe he was a good a good whitecoat – like Jeb. And maybe the moon was made of cream cheese.

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    If Fang is in any way harmed while I’m gone-if he gets a hangnail-you won’t see another morning. Are we clear on that?

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    Never fight fair – that’s not how you win. Use every dirty trick you can, Expect pain. Expect to get hurt. If you’re surprised by the pain, you just lost.

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    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.

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    Michelangelo didn’t show David triumphant, the way every other sculptor did. He showed David before he fought Goliath – when David believed he was doomed and went into battle anyway.

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    But even when patients die under totally hinky circumstances, people think doctors are so Godlike, they just accept whatever they’re told.

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    Remembering pain is how you learn never to let the cause of it happen again.

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