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I don't believe in lecturing people. It's much more effective to present reading as a fun, rewarding pastime.

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
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James Brendan Patterson
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I'm way hot, he muttered. But I don't feel sick. Just — way hot. Fang
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Other than my hundreds of arrests I really don't have that much experience with the law. While the majority of people aren't corrupt, there certainly is an awful lot of corruption in this country.
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I whirled around and saw no one. No psychotic mad scientists, anyway. Jackpot, Max! Jackpot! It was was Fang, and he was giggling hysterically. For those of you just joining us, Fang doesn't giggle. Especially hysterically. So for a second, this seemed like one of the weirder dreams of recent days.
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You love him so much it feels like you can't go on without him. You feel like you might die without him.
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I stared at her in amazement. How do you even live with yourself?...You're willing to sell children to a foreign government so they can be used as weapons, possibly against other Americans. I don't get it. Were you hiding behind a door on morals and ethics day?...You couldn't mother someone if they shot five gallons of estrogen into your vei
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guess they forgot to program us with any respect for authority. well, I have a highly developed sense of irony.
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It's okay, Ig. said Fang. Just give it your best shot. Sometimes the Fangster is incredibly supportive, just not with me.
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