Quotes from Kiss the Girls

James Patterson ·  458 pages

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“Everything I loved was taken away from me, and I did not die.”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“Oh, I guess I want to fall in love, to stay in love for a while. I want to feel real romance every day that I possibly can. I want to feel something special in my life. I want to experience intimacy with another person. I'm not that different from everyone else. Except that I act instead of daydream.”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“Have faith and pursue the unknown end.” Oliver Wendell Holmes”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“A saying of Sun-tzu’s hammered through her head: “A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle.”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“Dr. Cross, please come! Please! Dr. Cross" the loud shouts continued. I didn't recognize the woman's voice, but privacy doesn't seem to count when your first name is Doctor.”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls



“Ray Bradbury had once written that “living at risk is jumping off a cliff, and building your wings on the way down.” Sampson”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“Have faith and pursue the unknown end.” Oliver Wendell Holmes said that. I have faith. I pursue the unknown. That’s my job description.”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“A victorious army wins its victories before seeking battle.”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“That’s the problem with stun guns, even an expensive eighty-thousand-volt Tensor. They don’t always bring down a big man. Especially a crazed one with a sense of purpose.”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“Hell is a city much like Los Angeles”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls



“I slid the Glock nine millimeter out of my shoulder holster. Light. Efficient. Semiautomatic. Twelve deadly shots. My teeth were gritted so tight they hurt. I clicked off the safety. I”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“«Se necesita a todo un pueblo para criar bien a un niño».”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


“A half-dozen or so FBI techies and LAPD homicide detectives were still on the scene. The latest Pearl Jam played from somebody’s radio. The lead singer seemed to be in terrible pain.”
― James Patterson, quote from Kiss the Girls


About the author

James Patterson
Born place: in Newburgh, New York, The United States
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