James Patterson · 372 pages
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“I knew my transformation was complete when Dr.Keyes asked, "How are you feeling today, Tandy?" and I responded "I'm not”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
“Anne Frank wrote, ‘How true Daddy’s words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
“What I remember most is that the laws of physics no longer seemed to apply. Gravity was backwards and the world was, I'm quite certain, moving in slow motion. His pull wasn't a pull; I was just falling upward, and he caught me. There really was no beginning or end to the kiss; it wasn't even really there- and because of that, it was tremendous. Our lips were just four sweet, shy people meeting, saying, "Hello, it's nice to meet you." But what passed between them was massive. Nuclear. And in an instant, every cobweb inside me was obliterated. My inner struggles, my uncertainty, my fear of tiger attack... gone. Just the feeling of being a newborn, a pure soul just waiting to be imprinted upon.”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
“I'm glad I'm feeling this way. I'm really glad."
Dr. Keyes looked rather dismayed. "Really, sweetheart?"
"Yes. And I don't want to let it go. Not yet. I'm just starting to feel it. And it feels...I don't know. Right, I guess. Maybe even...good.”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
“My parents were just carried out of the building in the service elevator," he shouted at the cops. "They were vile, but they didn't deserve to be taken out with the trash!”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
“Our Parents were gods and monsters at the same time. Maybe we're all like that- gods and monsters”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
“Remembering pain is how you learn never to let the cause of it happen again”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
“one father is better than 100 head masters”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
“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.”
― James Patterson, quote from Confessions of a Murder Suspect
James Patterson
Born place: in Newburgh, New York, The United States
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