There's nothing more annoying than cold logic and reason when you've got a good fit going.
James PattersonCats are like Baptists. You know they raise hell, but you can never catch them at it.
James PattersonThe hardest mysteries to solve are the ones you come to near the end, because there isn't enough evidence, not enough to unravel, unless somehow you can go all the way back to the beginning - rewind and replay everything.
James PattersonPain fades,” I said slowly. “But being a nutcase seems to stick around. Guess who got the better deal here?” The last thing I remember is Mr. Chu’s face blazing with fury.
James PattersonIt was like meeting someone out of your dreams, or fantasies, or a beloved character from a favorite book.
James PattersonA lot of writers fall in love with their sentences or their construction of sentences, and sometimes that's great, but not everybody is Gabriel Garcia Marquez or James Joyce. A lot of people like to pretend that they are, and they wind up not giving people a good read or enlightening them.
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