James Patterson

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.

It's been said that love finds you when you're ready.

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?

I didn't know a van could go up on two wheels like that, for so long.

This time I wouldn't forget him, because I couldn't ever forgive him - for breaking my heart twice.

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?

You mean other than the wings? I once ate nine snicker bars in a row without barfing. It was a record.

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

Man, you weigh a freaking ton," he told me. "What've you been eating, rocks?" "Why, is your head missing some?" I croaked. His mouth almost quirked in a smile, and that's when I knew how upset he'd been

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

Some kids get called 'bundles of joy' or 'slices of heaven' or 'dreams come true.' We got 'the fifty-fourth generation of DNA experiments.' Doesn't have the same warm and fuzzy feel. But maybe I'm oversensitive.

I'm a girl of extremes. When I love something, I'm like a puppy dog (without all the licking). When I'm cranky, I'm a wasp (like a whole hive of 'em). And when I'm angry, I'm a Mother Bear with a predator after her cubs: Dangerous.

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

Listen, street punk. You're a guy, and you're a couple inches taller, and maybe forty pounds heavier, and ooh, you're in a gang. But I've survived ten years of Catholic school, and I will cut you off at your knees without a blink. Do you understand?

A friend of mine once defined love as finding someone you can talk to late into the night

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

But what is life if you don't live it?

Good memories are like charms...Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they make a long, colorful bracelet.