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title: "Best Life Quotes by James Patterson"
description: "75 Life quotes by James Patterson. Plus more from James Patterson and more Life sayings from other authors."
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> [People want us, or want us dead, because of what we are, not who we are. It's hard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/people-want-us-or-want-us-dead-because-of-what-we-are-not-who-we-are/)

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> [I wouldn’t trust you if you were the last life raft leaving the Titanic.”-max](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-wouldn-t-trust-you-if-you-were-the-last-life-raft-leaving-the/)

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> [“Love takes chances, and I wanted to take a chance right now. For once in my life, I knew what I wanted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/love-takes-chances-and-i-wanted-to-take-a-chance-right-now-for-once/)

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> [“But I needed this, Whit. I needed to pay him back. For stealing my life. For stealing our life together. - Celia”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/but-i-needed-this-whit-i-needed-to-pay-him-back-for-stealing-my-life/)

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> [Blood City III: The Massacre. I'd read the summary of it online, and frankly, it sounded like the directors had just decided…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/blood-city-iii-the-massacre-i-d-read-the-summary-of-it-online-and/)

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> [Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/somebody-said-the-key-to-life-is-to-work-hard-play-hard-rest-hard-and/)

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> [“One only realizes the value of air when one is deprived of it and one only begins to value life in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/one-only-realizes-the-value-of-air-when-one-is-deprived-of-it-and-one/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/there-are-reasons-people-seek-escape-in-books-and-one-of-those/)

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> [“wanted that to be my bedroom,” he says. “It’d be so easy to sneak out at night to TP yards, egg cars,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/wanted-that-to-be-my-bedroom-he-says-it-d-be-so-easy-to-sneak-out-at/)

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> [“You want me to help you because fair is fair? Life isn't fair Dean. Try help me so I don't rip your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/you-want-me-to-help-you-because-fair-is-fair-life-isn-t-fair-dean-try/)

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> [“Here's a nice image for a life in balance,” she said. “You're juggling these four balls that you've named work, family, friends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/here-s-a-nice-image-for-a-life-in-balance-she-said-you-re-juggling/)

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> [“Anyway, I guess I should have seen it coming. It’s like every time things start to look okay in my crazy life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/anyway-i-guess-i-should-have-seen-it-coming-it-s-like-every-time/)

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> [“seize the moment, however worried you may be about what’s coming next. It’s your brain, it’s your life, it’s your attitude…. Go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/seize-the-moment-however-worried-you-may-be-about-what-s-coming-next/)

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> [They're afraid of change, and we must change. They're afraid of the young, and we are the young. They're afraid of music,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/they-re-afraid-of-change-and-we-must-change-they-re-afraid-of-the/)

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> [It gets so tiring, this strong-picking-on-the-weak stuff. It was the story of my life -literally- and it seemed to be a big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/it-gets-so-tiring-this-strong-picking-on-the-weak-stuff-it-was-the/)

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> [The weird, weird thing about devastating loss is that life actually goes on. When you're faced with a tragedy, a loss so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/the-weird-weird-thing-about-devastating-loss-is-that-life-actually/)

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> [Well, I don’t know. Mostly I just suck up what life throws my way, stomp on it, and then keep going. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/well-i-don-t-know-mostly-i-just-suck-up-what-life-throws-my-way-stomp/)

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> [If my life were a corny horror movie, and the heroine was lost and alone, trapped in an underwater cave, what would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/if-my-life-were-a-corny-horror-movie-and-the-heroine-was-lost-and/)

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> [“If this was what life was like without words - a life of doing, not just talking - I just might be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/if-this-was-what-life-was-like-without-words-a-life-of-doing-not-just/)

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> [“Just because life is hard, and always ends in a bad way, doesn't mean that all stories have to”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/just-because-life-is-hard-and-always-ends-in-a-bad-way-doesn-t-mean-2/)

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> [“Coco stared for a moment in frustration at the only thing that had blocked a dream life as a glamorous supermodel.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/coco-stared-for-a-moment-in-frustration-at-the-only-thing-that-had/)

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> [“Life is a test. It’s all a test. Sometimes you have to get through it, and then later everything makes more sense.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/life-is-a-test-it-s-all-a-test-sometimes-you-have-to-get-through-it/)

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> [Macklin, being Macklin, just took on a life of his own. I almost never use real people as models for my characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/macklin-being-macklin-just-took-on-a-life-of-his-own-i-almost-never/)

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> [“But remember that you have to move on, somehow. You just pick your head up and stare at something beautiful like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/but-remember-that-you-have-to-move-on-somehow-you-just-pick-your-head/)

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> [My life would never contain a convenient, pain-saving plan when it could stretch a problem out into an endless agony of uncertainty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/my-life-would-never-contain-a-convenient-pain-saving-plan-when-it/)

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> [“great old time talking about cheeseburgers while I sat there thinking about how miserable my life was about to get. What did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/great-old-time-talking-about-cheeseburgers-while-i-sat-there-thinking/)

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> [To be without love is to be without grace, what matters most in life. We is so much better than I.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/to-be-without-love-is-to-be-without-grace-what-matters-most-in-life/)

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> [I don't get a chance to be funny with the thrillers. I like to be funny, and I think I am really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-don-t-get-a-chance-to-be-funny-with-the-thrillers-i-like-to-be/)

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> [Just in case you thought elephants were all sweetness, I can attest to the fact that this one had the time of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/just-in-case-you-thought-elephants-were-all-sweetness-i-can-attest-to/)

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> [Good memories are like charms...Each is special. You collect them, one by one, until one day you look back and discover they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/good-memories-are-like-charms-each-is-special-you-collect-them-one-by/)

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> [Life is such a miracle, a series of small miracles.It really is, if you learn how to look at it with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/life-is-such-a-miracle-a-series-of-small-miracles-it-really-is-if-you/)

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> [living life was like putting the beach into a jar. The point wasn’t to fit everything in; it was to attend to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/living-life-was-like-putting-the-beach-into-a-jar-the-point-wasn-t-to/)

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> [I knew how good love could be -- I knew it was the best thing I'd ever done in my life --…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-knew-how-good-love-could-be-i-knew-it-was-the-best-thing-i-d-ever/)

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> [“matters in life, he said, and focus on that. The rest is bullshit. I was wondering if I was reaching that stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/matters-in-life-he-said-and-focus-on-that-the-rest-is-bullshit-i-was/)

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> [“I, Alex Cross do solemnly promise-to all those present at this birthday party- to do my best to balance my life at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-alex-cross-do-solemnly-promise-to-all-those-present-at-this/)

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## More by James Patterson

> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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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 well for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-patterson/i-m-a-girl-who-has-been-tamping-down-her-emotions-and-keeping-them/)

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> [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/)

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

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