1,151 Quotes by James Patterson


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

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    Toxic pheromone pollution. How can we combat that?” Charles Groh and I looked at each other. This was it. We’d finally arrived at the hard part. What had to be done. “The first step,” I said, “would be removing the factors that are causing the environmental disturbance.” “Remove petroleum products?” said the president. “And cell phones?” said the secretary of state. I nodded at both of them, then looked out at the faces around the table and on the screens.

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    I’m pretty sure that if you looked up the word “nuts” in the dictionary, you’ll find my picture. Just another fun feature of my mutant-birdkid-freak package.

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    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?

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    He was already a sociopath, and he was just out of kinder-garten. I didn’t think much of it at the time. It was the family way.

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    I am not a great prose stylist. I’m a storyteller. There are thousands of people who don’t like what I do. Fortunately, there are millions who do.

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