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Do you love me?" James asked suddenly "Yes. I do." I didn't even have to think about it. It was so freeing "I love you, too," he replied. "I've never said that to anyone before." It was so hard to believe. "Really?" He grinned and gazed out the window. "Well, except my first motorcycle, Ramona. But she was a Ducati, so you can blame me. In fact, I think I might have loved her more than I love you." I punched James in the spot between his ch..
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How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die?
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I'm a girl standing in a tornado, pretending like it isn't even windy,
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Turns out an apocalypse actually comes on pretty slowly. Not fire and brimstone, but rust and dandelions. Not a bang but a whimper.
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A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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If life were a movie, we'd have had what they call a "meet cute"."
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I'm in shape...Round's a shape.
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James Patterson |
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There are some feelings, and actions, for which words are utterly useless.
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People Trust Me with their secrets, and I'm not sure why. It must be something in my face, probably my eyes.
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Because today after all, is all we knew.
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today
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Because now, the magic is everywhere.
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wisty
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I, Alex Cross do solemnly promise-to all those present at this birthday party- to do my best to balance my life at home with my work,life,and not to go over to the dark side ever again.
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Oz thinks I'm beautiful," she whispered to the stars."
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Life is a test. It's all a test. Sometimes you have to get through it, and then later everything makes more sense.
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If you've ever loved someone like I did, if they made you crazy and happy and exasperated and elated and if you wanted to hold them and shake them and sometimes kick them and if, after all that, they were like part of your family and part of your soul... Imagine seeing that feather. Imagine what that felt like. It made it real.
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Always be strong no matter what!
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Like our bodies and our hearts had to be together to make one whole, perfect person.
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We'll, that's an evil smile...
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What is a lie? It's a distortion of reality, presented as reality. We say it's a bad thing. We teach kids not to lie. We even put people in prison for lying. And yet there are lies all around us, and half the time we don't even really try to disguise it.
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What happened to your tan.
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People want us, or want us dead, because of what we are, not who we are. It's hard.
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An emotional bond between two people can form in a fifth of a second.
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Think about it. When the end comes, will you be buried in the arms of the one you love? Of the one who knew you your whole life, who loved you your whole life? The only person who could really and truly love you like you needed to be loved? I hope so.
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Sheep!" Angel cried, catching sight of some fluffy brown wool. "Anne is quite the animal lover," Fang said to me as we followed Angel. "Horses, sheep, goats. Chickens. Pigs." "Yeah," I said. "I wonder who's for dinner?" He flashed one of his rare smiles at me, and it was like the sun coming out. I felt my cheeks get hot and strode on ahead."
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I was speechless. Which is, as you know, very rare.
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James Patterson |
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I had made a friend. My second one in fourteen years. I was on a roll
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You're your own worst enemy, Marta always said to me. You don't need anyone to torment you because you do it to yourself.
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James Patterson |
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Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls-family, health, friends, integrity-are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. ..
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James Patterson |
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Every journey begins with one step.
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But to be the best, to reach the pinnacle, requires self-denial, sacrifice, discipline, humility, and preparation. You have to hurt yourself, scold yourself, analyze yourself, recognize your weaknesses at the same time try to eliminate them. And those weaknesses you can't eliminate must be minimized. You must create a plan that highlights your strengths and hides your flaws. You have to do more than simply want to win. Everybody wants to wi..
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James Patterson |
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She's about as sweet as a flaming turd.
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James Patterson |
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You string people along long enough, the string withers, then it breaks - Seamus
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I will torture you for a human eternity, during which time you will beg me for death by an Opus 24/24, or an ax, or a thousand snakebites. I can see the future, Daniel, and I am looking forward to it, every excruciating second of your murder and dismembedment. Isn't that a wonderful English word, dis-member-ment?
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I was never a coward," he says irritably, struggling out of my grasp. "I was just sensible."
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James Patterson |
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It's all right to put the weight of the world on your shoulders sometimes, if you know how to take it off.
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James Patterson |
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if you die, we die.
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James Patterson |
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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!"
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You have to respect your enemy. Never, ever underestimate them. The second you do, they'll squash you. Be smart about them. Respect their abilities, even if they don't respect yours.
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James Patterson |
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We all make choices. We all have to live with them.
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James Patterson |
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I was thirty-eight at the time. As the saying goes, if I'd known I was going to live that long, I would have taken better care of myself.
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If you're ever feeling a lack of middle-aged white men, just pop into the Capitol. Not so much the House of Representatives, which has a bit more color and texture, but the Senate--jeez. Yes, let's have more testosterone running the country. In
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But I needed this, Whit. I needed to pay him back. For stealing my life. For stealing our life together. - Celia
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This thing called Contrmporary America--and its obsession with televisions, game systems, and computers_has gone a littlr far if you ask me. Some call it the Information Age, but I'd tend to say it's more the Sitting-on-one's-butt-and-letting-other-people-do-the-thinking-for-you Age.
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James Patterson |
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You're the most stubborn person I've ever met, and sometimes it seems like your sole purpose in life is to make mine harder, but I swear, I love you more than I thought I could love anyone.
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