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title: "75 Life Quotes By James Patterson"
description: "James Patterson's life quotes cover escape, love, balance, and taking chances."
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> [But what is life if you don't live it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/but-what-is-life-if-you-don-t-live-it/)

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> [happy all life for ever](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/happy-all-life-for-ever/)

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> [I write larger than life. It's what I do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-write-larger-than-life-it-s-what-i-do/)

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> [“I promised I’d help Stefan. And in this life, a man is only as good as his word.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-promised-i-d-help-stefan-and-in-this-life-a-man-is-only-as-good-as/)

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> [Bizarre! That's the only word I can use to describe life sometimes. Just freaking bizarre.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/bizarre-that-s-the-only-word-i-can-use-to-describe-life-sometimes/)

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> [Life can be like walking on a high wire. Falling seems a tiny misstep away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/life-can-be-like-walking-on-a-high-wire-falling-seems-a-tiny-misstep/)

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> [...Drifting downstream in a row boat doesn't count against your life span.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/drifting-downstream-in-a-row-boat-doesn-t-count-against-your-life-span/)

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> [“If life gives you lemons, learn how to juggle.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/if-life-gives-you-lemons-learn-how-to-juggle/)

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> [Can you giggle while racing for your life and protecting a six-year-old? I can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/can-you-giggle-while-racing-for-your-life-and-protecting-a-six-year/)

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> [The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is tha life actually goes on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-weird-weird-thing-about-devastating-loss-is-tha-life-actually/)

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> [and I think that everything in life is kind of unreal, isn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/and-i-think-that-everything-in-life-is-kind-of-unreal-isn-t-it/)

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> [“It's going to give you nightmares for the rest of your wasted life." Oh, my God, I was so badass. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-s-going-to-give-you-nightmares-for-the-rest-of-your-wasted-life-oh/)

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> [Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/because-what-s-worse-than-knowing-you-want-something-besides-knowing/)

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> [Yes. I owed my life, Angel's life, and my mother's life to a mutant's ability to create industrial-strength snot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/yes-i-owed-my-life-angel-s-life-and-my-mother-s-life-to-a-mutant-s/)

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> [“Just because life is hard and always ends in a bad way doesn't mean that all stories have to. Even if that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/just-because-life-is-hard-and-always-ends-in-a-bad-way-doesn-t-mean-3/)

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> [“People want us, or want us dead, because of what we are, not who we are. It's hard. ~Angel”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/people-want-us-or-want-us-dead-because-of-what-we-are-not-who-we-are-2/)

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> [“At that instant, I knew exactly what I wanted out of life: this. This feeling, this happiness, this embrace.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/at-that-instant-i-knew-exactly-what-i-wanted-out-of-life-this-this/)

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> [Seize what's been handed you. Make smart decisions. Make decisions because life is a temporary situation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/seize-what-s-been-handed-you-make-smart-decisions-make-decisions/)

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> [“Is it possible that you can love someone more than you love life itself, and yet you're still never going to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/is-it-possible-that-you-can-love-someone-more-than-you-love-life/)

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> [Life is hard, and a lot of people come home tired from work. If they're gonna spend half an hour reading, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/life-is-hard-and-a-lot-of-people-come-home-tired-from-work-if-they-re/)

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> [I mean,he decided we'd be better apart,you know?it wasn't a joint decision.like, if your gonna make a decision about me and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-mean-he-decided-we-d-be-better-apart-you-know-it-wasn-t-a-joint/)

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> [“For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin—real life. But there was always some obstacle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/for-a-long-time-it-had-seemed-to-me-that-life-was-about-to-begin-real-2/)

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> [My name is Daniel, and this is the first volume of my life story, which, hopefully, will be a very long and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/my-name-is-daniel-and-this-is-the-first-volume-of-my-life-story-which/)

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> [“books of my fellow Living History trippers. Or at least get me out of their bad ones. Now to come up with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/books-of-my-fellow-living-history-trippers-or-at-least-get-me-out-of/)

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> [“He always told me that at some point in your life you get tired of bullshit. You just want the truth. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/he-always-told-me-that-at-some-point-in-your-life-you-get-tired-of/)

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> [Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to, even if that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/just-because-life-is-hard-and-always-ends-in-a-bad-way-doesn-t-mean/)

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> [I dropped my voice and stared into her eyes. I could tell she was trying hard not to look away. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-dropped-my-voice-and-stared-into-her-eyes-i-could-tell-she-was/)

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> [That was the funniest thing I'd heard in days. You're kidding, right? PLEASE tell me you have a stronger motive for me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/that-was-the-funniest-thing-i-d-heard-in-days-you-re-kidding-right/)

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> [“Plus, if I can wax philosophical for a paragraph, there's an even more fundamental principle involved here, and it apples to everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/plus-if-i-can-wax-philosophical-for-a-paragraph-there-s-an-even-more/)

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> [“Quote from James Patterson's book "Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas" "Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/quote-from-james-patterson-s-book-suzanne-s-diary-for-nicholas/)

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> [Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/imagine-life-is-a-game-in-which-you-are-juggling-five-balls-the-balls-3/)

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> [I'm a girl who has been tamping down her emotions and keeping them tightly guarded her whole life. And that works really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-m-a-girl-who-has-been-tamping-down-her-emotions-and-keeping-them/)

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> [“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/imagine-life-is-a-game-in-which-you-are-juggling-five-balls-the-balls/)

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> [“It doesn’t matter what the end looks like—what matters is that it came. Bam, you’re done. But life, Axi? There are degrees…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-doesn-t-matter-what-the-end-looks-like-what-matters-is-that-it/)

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> [My life revolves around my writing, my wife and my son.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/my-life-revolves-around-my-writing-my-wife-and-my-son/)

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> [People always remember the worst day of their lifes. It becomes a part of them forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/people-always-remember-the-worst-day-of-their-lifes-it-becomes-a-part/)

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> [“your life.” “You mean my life without Kimi? Or you mean my life as a”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/your-life-you-mean-my-life-without-kimi-or-you-mean-my-life-as-a/)

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> [Being the leader means you have to make life or death decisions sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/being-the-leader-means-you-have-to-make-life-or-death-decisions/)

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> [When your own romantic life is falling apart, everyone else's looks fabulous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/when-your-own-romantic-life-is-falling-apart-everyone-else-s-looks/)

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> [I don't know why, but life is usually more complicated than the plans that we make.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-don-t-know-why-but-life-is-usually-more-complicated-than-the-plans/)

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> [It was a little weird that they were friends. But then, maybe freaks just tended to find each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-was-a-little-weird-that-they-were-friends-but-then-maybe-freaks/)

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> [“The next forty-five minutes in that office was about as much fun as a day at Disney World—when it’s pouring rain. And all there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-next-forty-five-minutes-in-that-office-was-about-as-much-fun-as-a/)

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> [As we go through this transition where a lot more people will be reading on devices, nobody is paying enough attention to make sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/as-we-go-through-this-transition-where-a-lot-more-people-will-be/)

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> [Max—you have a bigger mission than finding the flock's parents. Focus on helping the whole world, not just your friends. I held my wings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/max-you-have-a-bigger-mission-than-finding-the-flock-s-parents-focus/)

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> [You're lying through your fangs," Iggy accused. Fang tried to play innocent--but "innocent Fang" is an oxymoron, so it didn't work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/you-re-lying-through-your-fangs-iggy-accused-fang-tried-to-play/)

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> [There are reasons people seek escape in books, and one of those reasons is that the boundary of what can happen is beyond what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/there-are-reasons-people-seek-escape-in-books-and-one-of-those/)

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> [I shot him the bird. (Get it? I shot him the—never mind.)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-shot-him-the-bird-get-it-i-shot-him-the-never-mind/)

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> [I get up every morning and chop wood, and I pretty much do it seven days a week, and I like to do it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-get-up-every-morning-and-chop-wood-and-i-pretty-much-do-it-seven/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [Witihin seconds the headhunter had lost control of his car and it squealed, sliding sideways right into several other cars. Cool!' said the Gasman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/witihin-seconds-the-headhunter-had-lost-control-of-his-car-and-it/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [“It was scary. More than Sara could possibly know. More than anybody ought to know, or ever would. History wasn't for the general public--it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-was-scary-more-than-sara-could-possibly-know-more-than-anybody/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [Did I want a dog? No. Did I need a dog? Also no. We were six kids running for our lives, not knowing where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/did-i-want-a-dog-no-did-i-need-a-dog-also-no-we-were-six-kids-running/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [I'm a girl who has been tamping down her emotions and keeping them tightly guarded her whole life. And that works really well for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-m-a-girl-who-has-been-tamping-down-her-emotions-and-keeping-them/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [When my son, Jack, was four, I had to make a trip to Los Angeles. I asked him if he was going to miss…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/when-my-son-jack-was-four-i-had-to-make-a-trip-to-los-angeles-i-asked/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [“that kid’s nothing but a little hoodlum.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/that-kid-s-nothing-but-a-little-hoodlum/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

> [Jeezum—humans were like eggshells.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/jeezum-humans-were-like-eggshells/)

[James Patterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-patterson/)

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