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InvisiblebyJames Patterson
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“Purple is such a twisted, complex color - it conveys the passion of red, the sadness of blue, the depravity of black. Purple is neither happy nor sad. It is pain and despair but longing, too - fiery desire, beaten and bruised but struggling onward, determined to overcome, to move forward rather than retreat.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
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“You must do today what nobody else will do, so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can’t.”
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“Like we were just jagged puzzle pieces that made no sense alone but together we fit perfectly. That's what life is supposed to be like for normal people right? You find that other piece that matches yours that completes yours. And you make the jags and the crevices fit, even if they don't go in perfectly smooth, even if they require a few adjustments. You don't demand perfection you make it work and appreciate the parts that fit instead of obsessing about the small angles that don't.”
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tags: love, soulmate
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“I’m a girl standing in a tornado, pretending like it isn’t even windy,”
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“What is a lie? It’s a distortion of reality, presented as reality.”
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“A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.”
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“But to be the best, to reach the pinnacle, requires self-denial, sacrifice, discipline, humility, and preparation. You have to hurt yourself, scold yourself, analyze yourself, recognize your weaknesses at the same time try to eliminate them. And those weaknesses you can't eliminate must be minimized. You must create a plan that highlights your strengths and hides your flaws. You have to do more than simply want to win. Everybody wants to win, for goodness' sake. But precious few of us are willing to prepare to win. You must do things that are difficult, unpleasant, painful.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
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“What is a lie? It's a distortion of reality, presented as reality. We say it's a bad thing. We teach kids not to lie. We even put people in prison for lying. And yet there are lies all around us, and half the time we don't even really try to disguise it.”
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“You’re your own worst enemy, Marta always said to me. You don’t need anyone to torment you because you do it to yourself.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
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“Purple is such a twisted, complex color—it conveys the passion of red, the sadness of blue, the depravity of black. Purple is neither happy nor sad. It is pain and despair but longing, too—fiery desire, beaten and bruised but struggling onward, determined to overcome, to move forward rather than retreat.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
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“You put on a mask. But don't you see? Nobody can really know you unless they know your extremes”
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tags: extremes, know-your-extremes, mask
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“off the bed to the left and run for the”
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“You don’t share those thoughts because you’re afraid your extremes will define you, that people will let those little nuggets overpower everything else they know about you, that finely honed image you’ve constructed. So you hide. You put on a mask. But don’t you see? Nobody can really know you unless they know your extremes. If all they know is the gooey, creamy center and not the ragged edges, the outer reaches of your personality, then they have an incomplete picture, a series of snapshots.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
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“What is a lie? It’s a distortion of reality, presented as reality. We say it’s a bad thing. We teach kids not to lie. We even put people in prison for lying. And yet there are lies all around us, and half the time we don’t even really try to disguise it.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
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“She sucks in her breath and lets the flames race along the comforter until they lick her and swallow her whole.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
tags: flames, hole, swallow, swallow-her-whole
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“seclusion”
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
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“The Dick tells us that Denny once worked on some arson cases, but I'd wager a mortgage payment that those cases took place when you created fire by rubbing two sticks together so you could cook the stegosaurus you killed with a spear and dragged back to the cave.”
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“A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.”
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“that palpable odor pumped out through the”
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“Dreams suck. You think you’ve conquered something, you work on it over and over and tell yourself you’re getting better, you will yourself to get better, you congratulate yourself on getting better. And then you close your eyes at night, you drift off into another world, and suddenly your own brain is tapping you on the shoulder and saying, Guess what? You’re NOT better!”
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“You must create a plan that highlights your strengths and hides your flaws.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
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“You find that other piece that matches yours, that completes yours, and you make the jags and the crevices fit, even if they don’t go in perfectly smoothly, even if they require a few adjustments. You don’t demand perfection. You make it work and appreciate the parts that fit instead of obsessing over the small angles that don’t.”
― James Patterson, Invisible
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“You’re taught not to call someone who’s fat fat, or someone who’s stupid stupid. That’s wrong, we tell our kids. Don’t tell the truth if it’s going to hurt someone’s feelings. Those lies are okay, too—desirable, in fact.”
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“smirk crosses Demetrio’s face. “Never underestimate him,” he says, before he disappears into the elevator.”
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“It’s one of his rules, his super-secret-spy mind-set. No discussing business in front of strangers.”
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“I really cared about him,”
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“What happened in August of this year,”
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“we were just jagged puzzle pieces that made no sense alone, but together we fit perfectly.”
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“I’m not sleeping with him,”
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