1,151 Quotes by James Patterson

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    Purple is such a twisted, complex color – it conveys the passion of red, the sadness of blue, the depravity of black. Purple is neither happy nor sad. It is pain and despair but longing, too – fiery desire, beaten and bruised but struggling onward, determined to overcome, to move forward rather than retreat.

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    Gazzy sniffed the air. “That’s explosives. It smells like Christmas!” Okay, so we’ve had somewhat untraditional Christmases. With explosives.

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    Oh no! Don’t drag us away from Antartica and take us to the playground of the rich and famous! Not that briar patch! -Max.

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    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.

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

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

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    Why did Piglet, Eeyore, and Christopher Robin stick their heads down the toilet? Easy. They were looking for Pooh.

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