Along Came a Spider Quotes

“I never miss a good chance to shut up”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“Oh no, it’s tomorrow again.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“What do you talk about to a murderer, and someone you loved, over a perfect dinner and cocktails? I wanted to know so many things, but I couldn't ask any of the real-questions pounding in my head. Instead, we talked of the coming vacation days, a "plan" for the
here and now in the islands.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“It’s all right to put the weight of the world on your shoulders sometimes, if you know how to take it off.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“I was thirty-eight at the time. As the saying goes, if I’d known I was going to live that long, I would have taken better care of myself.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“The doors of every house have a unique sound when they open and close.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“Maybe you’ll learn something about life beyond Batman.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“It’s a common enough psych term,” I told him. “All of us shrinks talk about VFC when we get together. Very fucking crazy, Gerry.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“They come in all shapes and sizes, all races and creeds and genders. That's the scariest thing of all”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“Little books can mean big things, baby books are things that you probably might not know.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“I knew that she was a psychopath, just like Gary. No conscience. I believed that business, the government, Wall Street were filled with people like that. No regret for their actions. Not unless they got caught. Then the crocodile tears started. “What”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“All of us shrinks talk about VFC when we get together. Very fucking crazy, Gerry.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“What do I have to do to get a little respect?”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“Welcome to my psikhushka, Doctor,” he finally said in an eerie, gravelly monotone. “Do you know psikhushka?” It was Soneji all right. “The prison hospitals in Russia. It’s where they put political prisoners in the Soviet Union,” I said.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“Many people feel that he lied to us. When a high government official lies, he commits a horrible crime. We’ve put our trust in that person, based on his solemn word, his integrity.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.” So far, I didn’t understand.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“o’clock.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“Suddenly, and way too quickly, our busman’s holiday was over.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“riposte.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“Jezzie went down on her haunches; she got down to their size. She shook hands with Damon, then with Janelle. It was a good instinctive move on her part.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“The Son of Lindbergh, Soneji had signed the ransom notes. We still didn’t know why.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“When a high government official lies, he commits a horrible crime. We’ve put our trust in that person, based on his solemn word, his integrity.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“When Carl Monroe wants something from you, he’ll talk you into submission if he has to. I had seen this before and now he started up with me again.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“I reached out and we held hands. “Thank you, for the way you look,” I said. “You look so beautiful.” “I did it just for you.” Jezzie smiled. “And I’d like to do something else for you. I’d like you to do something for me, too.” And so we did one another.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“I knew both of them were psychopaths. This country is turning out more of them than any other place on the planet. They come in all shapes and sizes, all races and creeds and genders. That’s the scariest thing of all.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“ Cross and Sampson are walking in to the courthouse to hear the verdict for the case. There are reporters and photographers everywhere, trying to talk to anyone and everyone connected with the case.

"Dr. Cross! Dr. Cross, please," one of them called out. I recognized the shrill voice. It belonged to a local TV news anchorwoman.

We had to stop. They were behind us, and up ahead. Sampson hummed a little Martha and the Vandellas, "Nowhere to Run."

"Dr. Cross, do you feel that your testimony might actually help to get Gary Murphy off the hook for murder one? That you may have inadvertently helped him to get away with murder?"

Something finally snapped inside me. "We're just happy to be in the Super Bowl," I said straight-faced into the glare of several minicam lenses. "Alex Cross is going to concentrate on his game. The rest will take care of itself. Alex Cross just thanks Almighty God for the opportunity to play at this level." I leaned in toward the reporter who'd ask the question. "You understand what I'm saying? You're clear now?"

Sampson smiled and said, "As for me, I'm still open for lucrative endorsements in the sneaker and the soft-drink categories.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“whitestone”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“I walked out of the”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“THE HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM arrived at Tamiami Airport in Florida”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider

“No one had figured out any of the other murders he’d done, had they? They got John Wayne Gacy, Jr., after over thirty murders in Chitown. Jeffrey Dahmer went down after seventeen in Milwaukee. Gary had murdered more than both of them put together. But no one knew who he was, or where he was, or what he planned to do next.”
― James Patterson, Along Came a Spider