James Patterson

I remembered a wise, beautiful African proverb: “It takes a whole village to raise a good child.”

She says she doesn’t have that much of life left, and she won’t waste it on tears.

He believed that men loved the hunt—lived for it, in fact—though most wouldn’t admit it. A man’s eyes never stopped searching for beautiful, sensual women, or for sexy men and boys, for that matter.

“Maybe it’s better to love and lose than be afraid.”

“He has a rebellious look about him and he’s very handsome. That combination is irresistible to some women.

“I do love the idea of you, God,” she finally whispered. “Please love the idea of me back.”

I had my second wind, or maybe my third, and ran more easily now. Alex the Pathfinder.

The classroom of twenty-four children was silent. For the moment, she had completely won their attention. It was a teacher's nirvana, however short-lived.

Special dreams do come true. If you're young at heart.

reports on sociopaths and their children. Sociopaths often had difficulty disciplining their children