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Better readers are better thinkers.

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James Patterson
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 22
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James Brendan Patterson
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Max: Okay guys, I had a couple thoughts I wanted to go over with you. Iggy: (pretends to snore loudy) Max: (throws another pinecone at him) Iggy: Quit throwing things at me! Max: Glad you could join us.
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For many years I had heard about an underworld consisting of people who act out a vampire fantasy while I was living in New York. Fortunately for me there are also several books on the phenomena.
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Gazzy: Captain, like the captain of a ship. And then Terror, you know, T-E-R-O-R.
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A 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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Six Seconds should be Rick Mofina's breakout thriller. It moves like a tornado.
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Who ya gonna call? Ghostbusters! That phrase is ruined forever.
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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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I gave him a kick and he stepped back onto the third rail. Exploding, flaming eraser! This is why moms tell you to stay away from the third rail, but it sure came in handy this time.
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What kind of thoughtless creep would burn a book?
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Please, sit down, Sharon said with another hair toss. I made a mental note to practice doing that in a mirror the next time I saw one. it seemed a useful skill, right up there with roundhouse kicks.
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Jane-Sweetie, we've talked about your weight- my mother began. I'm only eight years old, I said. How about I promise to be anorexic later?
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This is my brain: O This is my brain after making out with Fang: * It's very sad.
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I want to do it too! (sitting motionless) Nudge: Nope, you stand out like a fart in a church. Max: (muttering) Appropriately enough. Iggy: What about me? (stands still) Max: No, you're visible. Iggy: Am not! Max: (throws a pinecone at him) Could I do that if I wouldn't see you?
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I can talk to fish! Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. Ask one over for dinner, Fang said, joining us.
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Tears were dripping onto my dress, but I wasn't making any sound. There was no sound to express thid kind of pain. I didn't want to move, didn't want to do anything. Fang was not waiting for me out in the living room. Tomorrow morning, when I woke up, Fang would still be gone.
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I recommend you stick to your own species, Shy Babe. p. 155
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I don't think of myself as a writer.
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The whole duty of humanity, from a Christian perspective is: 'To know God and to show God.'
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