Jack & Jill Quotes

“Failure isn't falling down, it's staying down.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“Always be strong no matter what!”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“Jack and Jill came to the hill
on a grave and somber mission
you've made them mad
the time's so bad
to be a politician"

"Jack and Jill came to hill
to do some deadly deeds
they weren't far wrong
to judge how long
a bleeding liberal bleeds.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“I knew how good love could be -- I knew it was the best thing I'd ever done in my life -- and yet here I was alone. I was taking chances with my life. I kept telling everybody that I was all right, but I wasn't.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“The truth has always been far too dangerous for the public to know. The truth didn't usually set people free, it just got them crazier. Most people just couldn't handle the truth.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“So let's not ruin this by thinking too much about tomorrow. Don't make a wonderful weekend into a bad Monday.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“The color of truth is gray.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“Failure isn’t falling down… it’s staying down. I got up.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“Here it was in all its glory: the CIA, the avenging angel of U.S. foreign policy.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“Welcome to the X-Files meets The Twilight Zone meets the Information Superhighway.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“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 never had been." ... Just one shot
A professional execution.
Without passion.
Almost without passion." ...
"He held Sara's hand for the last time. And Jill came tumbling after. he thought of the words in the children's rhyme. But Jack would not fall down. The day of ultimate madness had begun. Jack and Jill had finally begun.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“JACK: For a long time, people like us have sat back and taken the injustices dished out by the elite few in this country. We have been patient and suffering and, for the most part, silent. What is the cynical saying—don’t just do something, sit there? We have waited for the American system of checks and balances to take hold and work for us. But the system has not worked for a long, long time. Nothing seems to work anymore. Does anyone seriously dispute that? JILL: Unscrupulous people, such as lawyers and businessmen, have learned to take advantage of our innocence and our goodwill and, most of all, our generosity of spirit. Let us repeat that important thought—highly unscrupulous people have learned to take advantage of our innocence, our goodwill, and our wonderful American spirit. Many of them are in our government, or work closely with our so-called leaders.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“JACK: For a long time, people like us have sat back and taken the injustices dished out by the elite few in this country. We have been patient and suffering and, for the most part, silent. What is the cynical saying—don’t just do something, sit there? We have waited for the American system of checks and balances to take hold and work for us. But the system has not worked for a long, long time. Nothing seems to work anymore. Does anyone seriously dispute that?”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“IMMIGRATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“I had recently read a sad statistic that seventy percent of Americans got nearly one hundred percent of their information from television and the movies.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“The truth had always been far too dangerous for the public to know. The truth didn't usually set people free, it just got them crazier. Most people just couldn't handle the truth.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“I couldn’t stop the overwhelming sadness I felt. It ate at me, like acid splashed all over my body.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“wraparound Wayfarer sunglasses, a shaved head, and small goatee caught our immediate attention in front of the minimart. He was standing next to another man who had a chocolate bar hanging from his mouth like a cigar. The shaved head motioned to me that he wanted to talk to us, but not right there. “You trust that rowdyass?” Sampson asked as we followed at a safe distance. “Alvin Jackson.” “I trust everybody.” I winked. No wink came back from Sampson. “You are badly fucked-up, Sugar,” he said. His eyes were still seriously hooded. “Just trying to do the right thing.” “Ah, yeah, you’re trying too hard, then.” “That’s why you love me.” “Yes, it is,” Sampson said and finally grinned. “If lovin’ you is wrong, I don’t want to be right,” he talk-sang a familiar lyric. We met Roadrunner Alvin Jackson around”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“Failure isn’t falling down… it’s staying down.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“Men seldom make passes/At girls who wear glasses.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“He hadn’t even come to the Teddy Roosevelt School with Sampson.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“and what he was truly all about. Thirteen years old. I was still slightly stunned by that. Could a thirteen-year-old”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“but incredibly angry and really, really crazy.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“and House are enemies….”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“had come into Gate 41, right on schedule.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“CHILDREN FIRST. GROW WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED. SUCCESS COMES IN CANS, NOT CANNOTS.”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill

“Unfortunately, two little babies from this school had been murdered in the last week. That made me furiously angry, and it”
― James Patterson, Jack & Jill