Cross Justice Quotes

“Walking up to the screened porch, however, I felt as strange and disconnected as I had ever been in my entire life. It was as if I were two people: a man who was a capable detective, a loving husband, and a devoted father who was heading toward a quiet little house in the South, and an unsure and fearful boy of eight trudging toward a home that might be filled with music, love, and joy or, just as easily, screaming, turmoil, and madness.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“I followed the adage that if you really want to learn about someone, you should just shut up and listen.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Orange juice and barbecue sauce. Then slow cook them at two fifty for four hours.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Isn’t it funny how just changing your location changes your perspective?”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Louisville Slugger.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“ThermaCell bug repellents. She clipped one to her purse. I put mine on my belt and was glad to see the thing”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“May God bless the Crosses.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“I promised I’d help Stefan. And in this life, a man is only as good as his word.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Nana Mama always said my aunt Connie had never met a stranger. My grandmother was right. All my memories of her were filled with smiles and infectious laughter.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Coco stared for a moment in frustration at the only thing that had blocked a dream life as a glamorous supermodel.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“I am beautiful tonight, Coco thought. And it’s a spectacular evening in my paradise, Palm Beach. Romance and opportunity lie just ahead. I can feel them coming to me already. Like my mother always told me, if a girl has fashion, romance, and a little opportunity in her life, nothing else really matters.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“I must say, girlfriend, you had much better taste than I ever gave you credit for,” Coco said to the corpse. “When it came right down to it, after a brief inventory of your wardrobe, I see you had the money and you spent it reasonably well. And from the bottom of my heart? You are beautiful even in death. Brava, my dear. Brava.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“She laughed. “You’re kind.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“headlights swung over and past me. I ignored them, staring”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Rashawn’s”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“thick with woods. “Who’s”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“old man. Varney was trying, but the judge looked as if he wanted to pace against the”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“second glasses of excellent”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Davis leaned over his former mother-in-law, put”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“down”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“got”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“him?”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“ever hear of anyone falling”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“to be her son.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“What—” I began.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Doors slammed. Tires smoked. A pistol came out the”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice

“Naomi “Scootchie” Cross is the daughter of my late brother Aaron. Years ago, when Naomi was in law school at Duke University, she was kidnapped by a murderer and sadist who called himself Casanova. I’d been blessed enough to find and rescue her, and the ordeal forged a bond between us that continues to this day.”
― James Patterson, Cross Justice