“Beware the anger of a patient man.”
― James Patterson, quote from Cross
“Coimhead feara fhear na foighrde.
(Beware the anger of a patient man)”
― James Patterson, quote from Cross
“Three out of four voices inside my head say go for it.”
― James Patterson, quote from Cross
“The most striking thing about beautiful churches, to me, is that they were mostly designed by people who were inspired by a belief in something larger and more important than themselves, and this is how I try to lead my own life.”
― James Patterson, quote from Cross
“A vida é aquilo que acontece quando se está ocupado a fazer outros planos”
― James Patterson, quote from Cross
James Patterson
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“The two from Bristol hung in my father’s office. He was a coroner, too, as was my grandfather. I remember my father showing them to me in an afternoon’s twilight, and saying, ‘Ashton, look here and look deep, for all of life’s joy, tragedy, and mystery are here on display.’ Joy, he said, because they were children of purpose, as are we all. Tragedy, he said, because we all must come to this. And mystery…because where does the light go, from those houses, to leave only the foundations behind?”
― Robert R. McCammon, quote from The Queen of Bedlam
“I want to cry but I don’t. I don’t. There are pieces of yourself, so many pieces of yourself, that, once you give away, you cannot get back again.”
― Lisa Gardner, quote from Live to Tell
“Sprawled, bloody, holding the pistol, he looked like a police photograph of a suicide. Dart went back to his chair and picked up the Smith and Wesson. Five minutes passed like a year.”
― Mal Peet, quote from Tamar
“If you look at a column of ants on the march you will see that there are some who are stragglers or have lost their way. The column has no time for them; it goes on. Sometimes the stragglers die. But even this has no effect on the column. There is a little disturbance around the corpse, which is eventually carried off—and then it appears so light. And all the time the great busyness continues, and that apparent sociability, that rite of meeting and greeting which ants travelling in opposite directions, to and from their nest, perform without fail. So”
― V.S. Naipaul, quote from A Bend in the River
“Little Mermaid, eat your heart out.”
― Seanan McGuire, quote from One Salt Sea
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