“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
“We all mess up. It's what we learn from our mistakes that matters.”
― Lauren Myracle, quote from Shine
“…I remember this tree!” I exclaimed. “We used to climb it all the time.” Peter seemed to have this in mind also, because as I spoke he was already starting to climb the tree. “You don’t expect me to climb that tree in this dress, do you,” I said, looking up at him. He smiled down at me. “Of course you do,” I said, shaking my head. “Of course.” Taking off my boots, I began to climb up after Peter.”
― Christopher Daniel Mechling, quote from Peter: The Untold True Story
“He liked radical politics and had a fondness for chocolate.”
― Laura Kinsale, quote from Flowers from the Storm
“What’s wrong, Hollypaw?” Leafpool looked up. “You look as though you’ve just lost our entire supply of poppy seeds!” Then her face grew serious. “You haven’t, have you?”
― Erin Hunter, quote from The Sight
“También estaba descontento por otra cosa: yo traté una vez más de convencerlo de que dejase de ir a las Cataratas. Eso fue porque el fuego me había revelado una pasión nueva, totalmente nueva, y claramente distinta del amor, de la pena y de esas otras que ya había descubierto: el miedo. ¡Es horrible! Ojalá nunca la hubiese descubierto. Me da malos momentos, arruina mi felicidad, me hace estremecer y temblar y sobresaltarme. Pero no pude persuadirlo, porque él no ha descubierto el miedo aún, y por eso no puede comprenderme.”
― Mark Twain, quote from The Diary of Adam and Eve
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