D.B. Patterson Quotes

Morally repugnant and tactically stupid are a lousy combination.

The only judgment that truly matters is the final judgment.

You looove me. (holds out arms) You love me this much.

I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner, " Fang said, joining us.

I feel like, like pudding, " Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain.

What happened to your tan?"--Fang"It was dirt." --Max

Max, you're the last of the hybrids who still has...a soul.' ... 'She doesn't have soul, ' Gazzy scoffed. 'Have you ever seen her dance?

How did you become blind, uh, Jeff is it?"Yeah, Jeff. Well, I looked directly at the sun, you know, the way they always tell you not to. If only I had listened.

Now, Max, I think we both know your parents aren't missionaries."I opened my eyes wide. "No? Well, for God's sake, don't tell them. They'd be crushed. Thinking they're doing the Lord's work and all.

Meaning what? We're going to pretend nothing's going on? That's stupid. The only way to deal with any of this is to get it out in the open."Have you been watching Oprah again?

Well, that's an evil smile...

So the first thing we're gonna do, " I told him, "is push you off the roof.

Could a being create the fifty billion galaxieseach with two hundred billion starsthen rejoice in the smell of burning goat flesh?

Marty, my mother used to say "Never get greedy with God." I think what she meant was "Don't dare ask for more if you already have what you need."

Even as she began to slip into the gloaming of her life, the primal need to live…to survive...clawed at her soul.

If a soul could drown in its own tears, then hers was already dead.

Yes, Max, you are going to die. Just like everybody else.Thank you, Confucious.

Real faith comes when you facing a problem you can't help, you can't change, and you can't work it out

Dear Lord, " she prayed, "please help me to handle all the work You've set before me. I can only do this with You at my side. Amen.

Baggage? Who are you talking to? I am the Maharajah of baggage. I could fly to the moon and back and never have to do laundry.

Can I come in?No! I'm in a towel!I'm blind!

It's funny how different people are. If I'd been this kid and someone was snarling "Ordering a pizza?" at me, without even thinking, I would have snarled back "Yeah. You want pepperoni?"-Maximum Ride

I'm way hot, " he muttered. "But I don't feel sick. Just — way hot."Fang

Iggy. This is not a democracy, " I said, (...)"It'sa Maxocracy.

It means the third rail has seven hundred volts of direct current running through it. Touch it and you're human popcorn

I want to do it too!” said Gazzy, sitting very, very quietly, completely motionless.“Nope, ” said Nudge, shaking her head. “You stand out like a fart in church.

Inside, a deep-rooted force raged, buried in her psyche from eons before, percolating with a primordial awakening that had been long forgotten, until now.

Nope, you stick out like a fart in a church.

People want us, or want us dead, because of what we are, not who we are. It's hard.

People want us, or want us dead, because of what we are, not who we are. It's hard.~Angel

Don't confuse stories with facts. ...When you generate stories in the blink of an eye, you can get so caught up in the moment the you begin to believe your stories are facts.

If we had directions, it wouldn't be life. It would be an assignment. Grunt work.

Death had marked his family with unbreakable black halos, until only two remained.

Grief—in all of its agony—burrowed deep into her essence, its serrated edges killing her piece by piece.

Behind every successful woman, there's a big prick.

Memory is all I have now

Because now, the magic is everywhere.

Write the story. Don't write sentences.

Emotional speculation is to deductive reasoning what weeds are to a garden – at first sight they appear to belong, but eventually they obscure that which one hopes will come into bud.

One of the greatest challenges is not going to the mattresses with someone who criticizes your novel.

He [Iggy] started reaching for things around the table, and his hand landed on Total. “You’re black.”“I prefer canine-American, ” said Total.

Beneath the handsome exterior beats a heart of darkness.

Once the tugboat takes you out to the ocean liner, you got to get all the way on board. Can't straddle both decks.

Anger, hatred, and bitterness are lethal poisons. They cause a slow, painful emotional death that only you suffer. Self-destruction will never defeat an enemy or create justice.

My parents were just carried out of the building in the service elevator, " he shouted at the cops. "They were vile, but they didn't deserve to be taken out with the trash!

Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem.

Some people just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.

This is not the time to panic, this is the time to praise!

Your response to adversity is what positions you for promotion

he knew that men were too complex to be defined by the worst moment in their lives