Home / Quotes / Quote by James Patterson

Quote by James Patterson

“Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.”

Quote by James Patterson

Author

James Patterson

James Patterson is a highly acclaimed author in the thriller and mystery genres, recognized for his engaging storytelling and the creation of memorable characters. Born on March 22, 1947, he has authored numerous best-selling novels and is a significant figure in the literary world. Patterson's work has captivated readers worldwide, and he has been influential for decades. more

You May Also Like

“Life in a box is better than no life at all, I expect. You'd have a chance at least. You could lie there thinking: Well, at least I'm not dead.”

Thinking Life Wells Lying Chance Boxes Rosencrantz And Guildenstern

Book:Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead

Source: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead

“Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and awe, the more often and steadily we reflect upon them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me. I do not seek or conjecture either of them as if they were veiled obscurities or extravagances beyond the horizon of my vision; I see them before me and connect them immediately with the consciousness of my existence.”

Ifs Mind Two Law Heaven Existence Consciousness Moral Vision Two Things Awe Admiration Horizon Obscurity Extravagance Moral Law Conjecture Beyond The Horizon

Author:Immanuel Kant

“There may be flies on you and me, but there are no flies on Jesus.”

Book:Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F

Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the F

“What a hideout: Holiness lies spread and borne over the surface of time and stuff like color.”

Lying Stuff Color Spread Surface Holiness Plain Sight

Author:Annie Dillard

“Love and I once had a great relationship, but I fear we've broken up. It cheated on me, wrecked my heart, and then went on to date other people. A lot of other people. And I can't stand to watch it, since love's going to cheat on them too.”

People Heart I Can Watches Broken My Heart Cheat Cheated Broken Up Great Relationship Cheated On

Book:Marly's Ghost

Source: Marly's Ghost

“It was a great mistake, my being born a man, I would have been much more successful as a seagull or a fish. As it is, I will always be a stranger who never feels at home, who does not really want and is not really wanted, who can never belong, who must be a little in love with death!”

Men Want Life Feels Littles Doe Has Beens Home Wanted Born Mistake Successful Fishes Stranger Great Mistakes Seagull

Book:Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night

Source: Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night

“two souls, alas, are housed within my breast, and each will wrestle for the mastery there.”

Two Soul Breasts Mastery Alas Two Souls

Book:Faust

Source: Faust

“I now believe that the only way in which Americans can rise above their ordinariness, can mature sufficiently to rescue themselves and to help rescue their planet, is through enthusiastic intimacy with works of their own imagination.”

Way Believe Helping Imagination Planets Intimacy Mature Rescue Enthusiastic Rise Above Ordinariness

Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“The thirst for something other than what we have…to bring something new, even if it is worse, some emotion, some sorrow; when our sensibility, which happiness has silenced like an idle harp, wants to resonate under some hand, even a rough one, and even if it might be broken by it.”

Ifs Want Hands Inspiration Might Emotion Broken Sorrow Something New Rough Sensibility Idle Thirst Harps

Author:Marcel Proust

“This hobble of being alive is rather serious, don’t you think so?”

Thinking Alive Serious Tess Of The D Urbervilles

Book:Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman

Source: Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman