""When life gives you lemons, make grape juice then sit back and watch the world wonder how you did it.""
— Facebook

"You want me to help
you because fair is fair?
Life isn't fair Dean. Try
help me so I don't rip
your spin out and beat
you with it. I might respond
to that. Maybe."
— James Patterson

"Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice."
— James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports)

"“Yes!” said Fang, punching the air. “Freaks rule.”"
— James Patterson (The Angel Experiment)

""Vhat ozzer abilities do you haf?" ter Borcht snapped, which his assistant waited, pen in hand.

Gazzy thought. "I have X-ray vision," he said. He peered at ter Borcht's chest, then blinked and looked alarmed.

Ter Borcht was startled for a second, but then he frowned. "Don't write dat down," he told his assistant in irritation. The assistant froze in midsentence.

~

"You. Do you haf any qualities dat distinguish you in any way?"

Nudge chewed on a fingernail. "You mean, like, besides the WINGS?" She shook her shoulders gently, and her beautiful fawn-colored wings unfolded a bit.

His face flushed, and I felt like cheering. "Yes," he said stiffly. "Besides de vings."

"Hmm. Besides de vings." Nudge tapped one finger against her chin. "Um..." Her face brightened. "I once ate nine Snickers bars in one sitting. Without barfing. That was a record!"

"Hardly a special talent," ter Borcht said witheringly.

Nudge was offended. "Yeah? Let's see YOU do it." ...

... "I vill now eat nine Snickers bars," Gazzy said in a perfect, creepy imitation of ter Borcht's voice, "visout bahfing."

~

Iggy rubbed his forehead with one hand. "Well, I have a highly developed sense of irony."

Ter Borcht tsked. "You are a liability to your group. I assume you alvays hold on to someone's shirt, yes? Following dem closely?"

"Only when I'm trying to steal their dessert"...

~

Fang pretended to think, gazing up at the ceiling. "Besides my fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica."

~

"I vill now destroy de Snickuhs bahrs!" Gazzy barked."
— James Patterson

""I feel like, like pudding," Iggy groaned. "Pudding with nerve endings. Pudding in great pain.""
— James Patterson (The Angel Experiment)

"Popcorn for breakfast! Why not? It's a grain. It's like, like, grits, but with high self-esteem."
— James Patterson (The Angel Experiment)

"I hate this guy,” Ari muttered, keeping his head down
“There’s a club,” I told him. “The Haters of ter Borcht Club. Have you gotten your badge yet?”
"
— James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports)

"“What are you doing here?” [ndr prison]
“Selling Girl Scout cookies,” I said. “Want some? The Samoas are terrific.”
(Max II to Max)"
— James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports)

"Sighing, she gave a brief nod. “I was supposed to win. I was supposed to finish you off. They never counted on you winning. And then you didn’t kill me. It was awful.”
“You’re welcome,” I said, feeling fresh anger ignite. “I’ll try not to humiliate you by letting you live next time.”
(Max II to Max)"
— James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports)

"I vill eat nine Snikuhs bahs visout bahfing"
— James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports)

"Besides my great fashion sense? I play a mean harmonica."
— James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports)

"YOU COULD LOCK the Gasman in a padded cell with some dental floss and a bowl of Jell-O, and he'd find a way to make something to explode."
— James Patterson (Max)

""'We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?' (Max)
He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. 'She offered to cook breakfast.'" (Fang)

"
— James Patterson

"I mean, who cares about SpongeBob SquarePants? I'm sitting here with Wolverine!
-random kid talking to Ari"
— James Patterson (School's Out - Forever)

"Max: "What I said yesterday didn't mean anything! I love everyone in the flock! Plus, it was the Valium talking!"
Fang: "Uh-huh. You just keep telling yourself that. You looove me."
Max: (tries to punch him)
Fang: "Pick a tree. I'll go carve our initials in it."
Max: (screams and runs into bathroom)"
— James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports)

"Q: You'er presented with a smooth-faced, eight-foot-high wooden wall. Your objective? Get over it. To, like, save comrades or something. How to accomplish this?

A: Take a running start, brace one foot against the wall, throw one hand to the top, try to hang on long enough for a comrade to either grab your hand at the top or for another comrade to push your butt up from below. it takes team work!

BKA (bird kid answer): Or you could just,like, fly over it.

"
— James Patterson (Max)

"Here's a freebie: Don't play poker with a kid who can read minds."
— James Patterson (The Final Warning)

"They turned to Angel. "We will call you Little One," the leader said, obviously deciding to dispense with the whole confusing name thing.
"Okay," said Angel agreeably. "I'll call you Guy in a White Lab Coat." He frowned.
"That can be his Indian name," I suggested."
— James Patterson (Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports)

"You're heavy have you been eating rocks"

-Fang

"Why, is your head missing some?"

-max"
— James Patterson

"'You...are...a...fridge...with wings,' Fang ground out, punching an Eraser hard with every word. 'We're...freaking...ballet...dancers.'"
— James Patterson (School's Out - Forever)

"“Did you know that wasn’t me, the other Max?” I asked.
“Yeah.”
“When?”
“Right away.”
“How?” I persisted. “We look identical. She even had identical scars and scratches. She was wearing my clothes. How could you tell us apart?”
He turned to me and grinned, making my world brighter. “She offered to cook breakfast.'"
— James Patterson (School's Out - Forever)

""I can talk to fish!" Angel said happily, water dripping off her long, skinny body. "Ask one over for dinner," Fang said, joining us."
— James Patterson (School's Out - Forever)

" Am I tough? Am I strong? Am I hard-core? Absolutely.
Did I whimper with pathetic delight when I sank my teeth into my hot fried-chicken sandwich? You betcha.
"
— James Patterson

"That was the funniest thing I'd heard in days.
"You're kidding, right? PLEASE tell me you have a stronger motive for me than 'fair is fair.' Life isn't FAIR, Dean....Nothing is fair, EVER. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I need to help you because FAIR IS FAIR? Try, 'I need you to help me so I won't rip out your spine and beat you with it.' I MIGHT respond to that. MAYBE.""
— James Patterson (School's Out - Forever)

"Iggy: "I'll grab a zebra; Gaz, you fill all the bubbles with your trademark scent. so people are choking and gagging; and let's throw beef jerky in their eyes! Now, that's a plan!"
— James Patterson

"Well thats an evil smile... "
— James Patterson (The Angel Experiment)

"WARNING
If you dare to read this story, you become part of the Experiment
"
— James Patterson (The Angel Experiment)

"You always get weirdos like Edward who seem to attract women for some reason. If Edward wasn’t a fictional character and you met him in reality he is like one of those guys who would probably be an axe murderer or something."
— Stephenie Meyer (The Twilight Saga)

"Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
A cloak of leaves, a moonbeam ray
Forget your woes and let your troubles lay
And when it's morning again, they'll wash away
Here it's safe, here it's warm
Here the daisies guard you from every harm
Here your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
Here is the place where I love you."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"You don’t forget the face of the person who was your last hope."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"I’m coming back into focus when Caesar asks him if he has a girlfriend back home.
Peeta hesitates, then gives an unconvincing shake of his head.
“Handsome lad like you. There must be some special girl. Come on, what’s her name?” says Caesar.
Peeta sighs. “Well, there is this one girl. I’ve had a crush on her ever since I can remember. But I’m pretty sure she didn’t know I was alive until the reaping.”
Sounds of sympathy from the crowd. Unrequited love they can relate to.
“She have another fellow?” asks Caesar.
“I don’t know, but a lot of boys like her,” says Peeta.
“So, here’s what you do. You win, you go home. She can’t turn you down then, eh?” says Caesar encouraging-ly.
“I don’t think it’s going to work out. Winning . . . won’t help in my case,” says Peeta.
“Why ever not?” says Caesar, mystified.
Peeta blushes beet red and stammers out. “Because . . . because . . . she came here with me.”
"
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Sometimes, when I clean a kill, I feed Buttercup the entrails. He has stopped hissing at me.

Entrails. No hissing. This is the closest we will ever come to love."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"I am not pretty. I am not beautiful. I am as radiant as the sun."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

""Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine," I say.
"Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping," says Peeta drily."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

""One more time? For the audience?" he says. His voice isn't angry. It's hollow, which is worse. Already the boy with the bread is slipping away from me.
I take his hand, holding on tightly, preparing for the cameras, and dreading the moment when I will finally have to let go.""
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"I don't want to lose the boy with the bread."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor."
— Suzanne Collins

"I can feel Peeta press his forehead into my temple and he asks, 'So now that you've got me, what are you going to do with me?' I turn into him. 'Put you somewhere you can't get hurt.' "
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"You’ve got about as much charm as a dead slug."
— Suzanne Collins

"And than he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"'We could do it, you know'
'What?'
'Leave the district. Run off. Live in the woods. You and I, we could make it.' "
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Gale is mine. I am his. Anything else is unthinkable."
— Suzanne Collins (Catching Fire)

""If Peeta and I were both to die, or they thought we were....My fingers fumble with the pouch on my belt, freeing it. Peeta sees it and his hand clamps on my wrist. "No, I won't let you." "Trust me," I whisper. He holds my gaze for a long moment then lets go. I loosen the top of the pouch and pour a few spoonfuls of berries into his palm. Then I fill my own. "On the count of three?" Peeta leans down and kisses me once, very gently. "The count of three," he says. We stand, our backs pressed together, our empty hands locked tight. "Hold them out. I want everyone to see," he says. I spread out my fingers, and the dark berries glisten in the sun. I give Peeta's hand one last squeeze as a signal, as a good-bye, and we begin counting. "One." Maybe I'm wrong. "Two." Maybe they don't care if we both die. "Three!" It's too late to change my mind. I lift my hand to my mouth taking one last look at the world. The berries have just passed my lips when the trumpets begin to blare. The frantic voice of Claudius Templesmith shouts above them. "Stop! Stop! Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to present the victors of the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark! I give you - the tributes of District 12!""
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

""Deep in the meadow, under the willow
a bed of grass, a soft green pillow
lay down your head, and close your sleepy eyes
and when again they open, the sun will rise.
Hear it's safe, here it's warm
hear the daisies guard you from every harm
hear your dreams are sweet and tomorrow brings them true
hear is the place where i love you.
Deep in the meadow, hidden far away
a clock of leaves, a moonbeam ray
forget your woes and let your troubles lay
and when again it's morning, they'll wash away.
Hear it's safe, hears its' warm
hear the daises guard you from every harm
Hear your dreams are sweet and tomorrow bring them true
hear is the place where i love you.""
— Suzanne Collins: Hunger Games

"But because two can play at this game, I stand on tiptoe and kiss his cheek. Right on his bruise. "
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

"Destroying things is much easier than making them.

—Katniss Everdeen"
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)

""I can see why that day made you happy."
"Well, I knew that goat would be a little gold mine," I say.
"Yes, of course I was referring to that, not the lasting joy you gave your sister you love so much you took her place in the reaping," says Peeta drily.
"The goat has paid for itself. Sveral times over," I say in a superior tone...
"You're such a bad liar, Katniss. I don't know how you survived this long." He begins to mimic me. "I knew that goat was a gold mine. You're a little cooler though. Of course, I'm not going." He shakes his head. "Never gamble at cards. You'll lose your last coin," he says."
— Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games)