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725953e As if pulled by my growing sense of beauty, I then felt myself expand at the emotional level into a profound feeling of love and Connection with everything around me. Something in the area of my heart burst outward, and I knew without a doubt that I was now home and cared for, and absolutely---I couldn't believe it---Protected James Redfield
55cb441 I could see the two sides hardening, their feelings intensifying, as both began to think the other not just wrong, but hideous, venal... in league with the devil himself. James Redfield
7242486 Healing in its essence is about breaking through the fears associated with life--fears James Redfield
4077145 We're all looking for more fulfillment in our lives, and we won't put up with anything that seems to bring us down. James Redfield
0f4d666 Max! Save Total! -Angel No, I'm flying down at 90 miles an hour just for fun -Max James Patterson
a0fbb38 I picked a star and wished as hard as i could that somehow i could protect him from what was on the horizon James Patterson
18de181 THE RIVER OF FOREVER is not the serene, clear-blue comfort that you'd hope to greet your soul after you've exhaled your last breath in the Overworld. James Patterson
258a99e He felt nervous and excited an happy and kind of filled with dread, all at the same time. It was the most emotion he'd never experienced... James Patterson
6ce2c27 if you spin in a circle perhaps avoiding corners James Patterson
51f9de7 They were my parents. Dead. They died in their bed under freakish circumstances three months ago, leaving my brothers and me devastated and bankrupt. James Patterson
9bb5474 Hey, Axi. What's the difference between a doctor and a lawyer?" I knew this joke--it was one of Robinson's standards. And I was only half-surprised he was trotting it out now. Playing along, I said, "I don't know. What?" "A lawyer will rob you; a doctor will rob you and kill you, too." James Patterson
59529f7 They get me, and I get them. They have . Most people don't, they really don't. James Patterson
ac78239 Bad stuff does happen sometimes. Always remember that, but remember that you have to move on somehow. You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the sky, or the ocean and you move the hell on. James Patterson
e247140 Now, like all the other schools I've ever attended, the hallways of Long Beach Middle School are plastered with all sorts of NO BULLYING posters. There's only one problem: Bullies, it turns out, don't read too much. I guess reading really isn't a job requirement in the high-paying fields of name-calling, nose-punching, and atomic-wedgie-yanking. James Patterson
f74626a That's right: Never underestimate the power of a good laugh. It can stop some of the fiercest middle-school monsters. James Patterson
81f08ff I knew how good love could be -- I knew it was the best thing I'd ever done in my life -- and yet here I was alone. I was taking chances with my life. I kept telling everybody that I was all right, but I wasn't. James Patterson
93c502d People want us, or want us dead, because of what we are, not who we are. It's hard. ~Angel warning reality life james-patterson maximum patterson reality-sucks the james lessons-of-life ride final James Patterson
234c8fe Michelangelo didn't show David triumphant, the way every other sculptor did. He showed David before he fought Goliath--when David believed he was doomed and went into battle anyway. James Patterson
213884b Happiness is seeing Bear Bluff in your rearview mirror, but you better look damn quick. James Patterson
99ccdb7 You... are... a... fridge... with... wings," Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. "We... are... ballet... dancers." -- James Patterson
6dfc248 All genders?" whispered Nudge. "Aren't there just the two? Or did I miss something?" I shrugged. "No idea. Maybe they've created others." The thought was fairly repulsive, and we made "eew" faces at each other." James Patterson
28ba437 All teachers who were telling everyone where to go were wearing outfits made of aluminum foil , like robot aliens . robot-aliens James Patterson
624ba7a Purple is such a twisted, complex color--it conveys the passion of red, the sadness of blue, the depravity of black. Purple is neither happy nor sad. It is pain and despair but longing, too--fiery desire, beaten and bruised but struggling onward, determined to overcome, to move forward rather than retreat. James Patterson
31a1269 The only thing that beats One is two, and three, and four. James Patterson
4a3cdbe You know the pop is coming, but damn if it don't always surprise you. James Patterson
1c3f70e The truth has always been far too dangerous for the public to know. The truth didn't usually set people free, it just got them crazier. Most people just couldn't handle the truth. James Patterson
bd4d671 Jack and Jill came to the hill on a grave and somber mission you've made them mad the time's so bad to be a politician" "Jack and Jill came to hill to do some deadly deeds they weren't far wrong to judge how long a bleeding liberal bleeds." James Patterson
27fb186 SHUT UP!" I yelled all the way down the hall. "FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, JUST SHUT YOUR STUPID NOSY MOUTH!" James Patterson
598a13b Don't you just hate it when you go to a friend's funeral and you get kidnapped? James Patterson
4b5060c I'm sure some of you get sent to your rooms sometimes by your parents. All I have to say is, the next time it happens and you're lying there all mad thinking about how hard your life is, just picture me standing next to you, ready to smack you upside the head. When I get sent to my room, it's in a freaking dungeon! With rats! James Patterson
d55f946 How many of us share the stories of our lives with our own children? What a loss to the children if we don't. James Patterson
5fad157 free will (noun): A delusional idea that humans are in control of their own destiny and not subject to the benevolent rule of The One Who Is The One. James Patterson
5dda94b You put on a mask. But don't you see? Nobody can really know you unless they know your extremes know-your-extremes mask James Patterson
405d818 The Dick tells us that Denny once worked on some arson cases, but I'd wager a mortgage payment that those cases took place when you created fire by rubbing two sticks together so you could cook the stegosaurus you killed with a spear and dragged back to the cave. James Patterson
0e6b43a The eight-year-old beat your best cadet in hand-to-hand combat?" "So did the six-year-old girl, ma'am. Actually, she beat the instructor also." -- James Patterson
58d187c 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
3699ccf The items on the counter in the shop had been pawned by a man who had used an American driving licence as his ID, issued in the state of New Mexico in the name Jack Bauer. He had received 16,430 kronor in total. "Is this some sort of fucking joke?" Jacob asked. "How the hell can someone get away with calling himself Jack Bauer? Jack Bauer! The TV show? Twenty-four?" James Patterson
f7bcea3 The cell phone in my pocket went off. Shit! Damn it! Why do I carry these infernal gadgets? Why does anybody in their right mind need to constantly be on call? James Patterson
377538a Uh, a honking big castle of evil in Germany? James Patterson
9a07132 The doors of every house have a unique sound when they open and close. James Patterson
5581f5a Like, if you're gonna make a decision about me and my life for my own good without consulting me, I'd better be dying and unconscious, and you'd better be following carefully written instructions. ~Max James Patterson
f59cbd5 Maybe you'll learn something about life beyond Batman. James Patterson
21ee46f She would not have hurt the old man's feelings for anything in the world. Beverly Cleary
cc803a9 Ralph really felt sorry for the boy, hampered as he was by his youth and his mother. Beverly Cleary