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If you want to write for yourself, get a diary. If you want to write for your friends, get a blog. If you want to write for others...become an author.

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
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I flipped down the visor so I could check myself in the mirror, and something small and heavy dropped into my lap. I froze, my breath stuck in my throat. What—? Gingerly, I looked down. It wasn’t a grenade. It was a key ring. One key was for this van. I looked at it blankly. “Well, that’ll simplify things,” Fang said.
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You're just here for the ride. For the incredible, indescribable Maximum Ride. --Max's Voice
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I do 30 to 40 books a year, so it's a fair amount of reading. Back and forth between nonfiction and fiction. I usually have three or four things that are open on my desk, on my bed, on audiobook in the car.
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I muttered a swear word to myself. After I heard Angel cussing like a sailor when she stubbed her toe, my new resolution was to watch my language. All I needed was a six-year-old mutant with a potty mouth
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Disappear where? You know what they say: curiosity killed the mutant bird kid. But I couldn't help myself.
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Gazzy, man, jeezum! Fang exclaimed. What the heck have you been eating for God's sake? That was a smoke bomb! Gazzy defended himself. Not even i could fill this whole flippin' house!
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You're my best friend, my first and only love, and the most beautiful girl I've ever seen
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My favorite books are actually very complicated - 'One Hundred Years of Solitude', 'Ulysses'.
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Pick a tree. I'll carve our initials into it. -Fang
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While carefully synchronizing our wings-they almost touched-Fang leaned in,gently put one hand behind my neck and kissed me.It was just about close to heaven i'll ever get,I guess.I closed my eyes,lost in the feeling of flying and kissing and being with the one person in the world I completely ,utterly trusted.
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Gazzy: Just Ten? Angel: No. Gazzy: Five? Angel: No.
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Everything I loved was taken away from me, and I did not die.
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So you have your price.... Your soul for a cookie.
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I'm a freaking princess when it comes to other people's feelings. Yo dogbreath, get your paws of the everglades. -Max
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Oz thinks I'm beautiful, she whispered to the stars.
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Have you been playing in toxic waste lately?
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I'm going to introduce BookShots, which are these under-150-page books that I'm launching, and they're under $5. They just launched in Australia. I already had a ton of content, but now add 50 books a year of content.
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Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like grits, but with high self-esteem.
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This is not a democracy, I said, understanding he fear but unable to do anything about it. It's a Maxocracy.
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There's no such thing as a kid who hates reading. There are kids who love reading, and kids who are reading the wrong books.
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