Patrick Carman Quotes & Sayings

I really hope that all librarians aren't like Gladys Morgan. Because I'd really like , at some point, to walk into a library and not be afraid for my life. — Patrick Carman

Humans are the killers of magic, you see.....People can be cruel, unkind, mean, selfish. We can be a great many dreadful thing, and at one time or another we are all guilty of bad behavior. What we fail to realize is that we are the only ones who can do such things. — Patrick Carman

It occurred to me then that it was in times of struggle that I found the best parts of myself - courage, loyalty, an unexpected peace - and I always discovered what I needed to break through and go on. — Patrick Carman

Bang! Bang! Bang! Sorry Mr. Yipes, sir, she won't budge!'
Put your back into it, man, give it all you've got!'
Bang! Bang! Bang! — Patrick Carman

Decisions by committee are almost always long in coming and dead wrong. A world-changing vision comes from one person, not five or or twenty or a hundred, and more often than not, the best of plans are laid to waste by the many. — Patrick Carman

If you make something your life's work, make sure it's something you can feel proud of when you're an old relic like me. — Patrick Carman

We can't go back, Alexa", he said. " We can't go back once we've started growing up, and the world can't be made simple again. — Patrick Carman

The Grim Reaper doesn't disappear ... he catches up. — Patrick Carman

He has a frightening aversion to text messaging in general.
"It's a phone. It's for making calls, not for writing novels". — Patrick Carman

They wouldn't let me into Germany from 1998-2000 because I bumped into the chancellor's daughter on my skateboard. — Patrick Carman

I could not disagree more," said Ganesh, my father giving me a hidden wink. "If we build toward them they'll see it as hostile and we'll be pulled into a confrontation. Now, I agree that we've got to expand - these last few days in Bridewell have clearly shown that. Within a few years Bridewell and the towns against the sea will be at maximum capacity, and then what will we do? We have over ten miles between us and Ainsworth, which I think is a good healthy distance. We can't expand off the cliffs from Lathbury or Turlock, so those are dead ends. Bridewell is stuck in the middle with no place to grow. I think our best option is to start building two-and three-story buildings. Grow up instead of out. We could grow to twice our size if we just abolished the single-level rule. — Patrick Carman

Wars are lost by thinking the impossible won't happen. — Patrick Carman

No matter how many times the world had attempted to show me how special I was, I had always remained sure that it was all a hoax, that I really wasn't special after all. That I had nothing to offer. — Patrick Carman

I wasn't really conscious about 'The 39 Clues' movie when I wrote 'The Black Circle.' — Patrick Carman

Let's assume for a moment that you, Oh, do not choose God. Does this prevent Him from choosing you? I conclude, from these many verses, that it does not. Either He saves everyone or He saves no one. — Patrick Carman

I'm a visual thinker, thrill seeker, and I'm easily distracted. I see everything I'm writing, and I think it naturally affects the pace of things. — Patrick Carman

It all scares me, and it's all like clothes in a dryer that just keep rolling around in my head from one day to the next. — Patrick Carman

There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.' — Patrick Carman

My world has always been so small, hidden behind walls. — Patrick Carman

I was beginning to see fewer of our weaknesses and more of our strengths; the events of the day were a reminder of how each of us had certain abilities that the rest did not. It was as if we were each a part of a whole body- one the hands, another the legs, and so on- dependent on one another and working best when we performed in unity. I felt inadequate then, unsure what part of this body I might be. — Patrick Carman

But sometimes you have to wait for an answer to come to you. Especially when the questions are difficult ones. — Patrick Carman

Physically, mentally, emotionally
it seems like every part of me is broken in one way or another. — Patrick Carman

He had big plans for you," I said with tears rolling down my face. "That's why it took so long." Sir Alistair stopped and looked back, looking with affection at Marco, Yipes, and me. "We all play our part. Some roles just dray on a little more than others. — Patrick Carman

The hardest thing to find is peace, though it lay in plain view — Patrick Carman

There was a time when I thought I turned terrible things over in my mind because I read and wrote too many scary stories. (Note self: start writing about unicorns and bunnies) — Patrick Carman

Thorn gazed back and forth between the two of us. You could have left me behind, but you stayed. I won't forget that. — Patrick Carman

Twenty minutes into our walk away from the wall put us deep in a forest of fir, pine, cottonwood, and aspen trees. The lush forest floor was alive and danced with shadows cast from an endless parade of swaying trees. As we approached early evening it was cool and peaceful. The sound of the trees moving in the wind high above seemed like a friendly traveling companion, calling us farther and farther into the depths of the forest. — Patrick Carman

Find love, for love in a broken world will comfort you. Hold on to hope; it will sustain you. Have faith, for in the end it will save you. — Patrick Carman

I killed a guy, maybe two. Possibly three.
I have one power. Not two or three or four. Just one.
I met a girl, and she changed everything. — Patrick Carman

I kind of felt like he carried his whole self around with him. When he was with me, he was really with me. — Patrick Carman

If bringing down the wall would require you to fly, you must believe you can fly. Otherwise, when the decisive moment comes, you will surely discover you ahve no wings. — Patrick Carman

Don't get me wrong - I love books! I just think a video has a bigger bang when it comes to a good, old-fashioned adrenaline rush. — Patrick Carman

My job as an author is to tell the story in the best way possible, to make it flow seamlessly and get the reader to keep turning the page. — Patrick Carman

I've stabbed two people with a fork today. What's wrong with me? — Patrick Carman

I have failed, and failed, and failed again,' he said. 'But no amount of failure can move Elyon's hand of affection away from me. It's inescapable. To live boldly for that kind of love is the least I can do. — Patrick Carman

The size of your body is just right. The only question is whether you're big enough inside. — Patrick Carman

I travel to a lot of schools, and I see firsthand that while we do still have a lot of traditional readers, we don't have as many as we used to. And we're missing an awful lot of kids entirely ... Do I want to get rid of the Internet? Obviously, I don't want that because of all the amazing things it brings. — Patrick Carman

I remember all the way back in high school thinking about writing books. And, in fact, I've written a lot of stories. I've got dozens of stories I've written that no one's ever seen. — Patrick Carman

He has guided my hands in ways I don't always understand, ways that people of this world would scoff at. But there is a purpose for all that I have ever made, even if I don't understand for certain what that purpose is. — Patrick Carman

There's something comforting about the companionship of animals in a new place. — Patrick Carman

I go to a Catholic school and I'm telling you: invisibility = eternal damnation. You can take it to the bank. — Patrick Carman

'Skeleton Creek' is like nothing you've ever read before because it's a book and a movie at the same time. — Patrick Carman

You can't be gone. I need you here, with me. What am I going to do without you? — Patrick Carman

She was gorgeous and fearless and I was in awe. — Patrick Carman

After allthe events of the previous summer he was more prtective then ever,and i whanted to be sure i knew the rules i'd be likely to break once we arrived in bridewell. — Patrick Carman

When I was a kid, I used to love it when one of my friends would jump out from behind a door and try to scare me. I always did the same thing in response. — Patrick Carman

There's a hell all right. It's just not where people say it is ... It's here. It's life, or it's what we turn life into, I guess. It's like we have to pass through all this painful stuff to get to where we're supposed to be, on the other side. — Patrick Carman

Friends can feel such things in times of peril, as if a long, thin string holds them carefully together, tugging at one another through the open space of a dangerous world. The — Patrick Carman

Getting to the point where I was ready to write a book has been about a 20-year journey of being, really honestly, too afraid to try - which I think is pretty common for people who are trying to write a large piece of fiction. — Patrick Carman

For kids, multitasking electronically is common. But they are totally focused. You can tell a good story, and they listen. — Patrick Carman

Yes, we're pretty into books around my house. We have lots and lots of books around. We have TV, but really no one ever watches it. — Patrick Carman

Did I mention you're going to have to drive on our date?" I asked.
"Cheap bastard. — Patrick Carman

You are indestructible .J
For some reason I felt light-headed when I finished writing and looked up at her, like I'd stood up too fast or the oxygen had left my brain. Oh pulled her arm back, looked thoughtfully at the words, and replied, It's upside down, but I like it. You done good, Jacob. — Patrick Carman

I watched the night sky with it's countless stars and its moon, and I wondered about the universe and all that had been created, why the stars and the moon rose at night and the sun in the day, how vast it must be, how I could never understand the infinite measure of its size. — Patrick Carman

It's never too late to stop believing a lie," said Thomas. "You need only courage and friends, and you have both. — Patrick Carman

Sound of snipping growing softer outside the window, Leo — Patrick Carman

Yeah, a lot more than he likes you," said Oh. It didn't look like Milo appreciated the joke very much.
"That's debatable," said Milo.
"Is not," said Oh.
She leaned in and put her pink cast against my cheek, kissing me quickly on the lips.
"That's incredibly unfair. If we were gay you'd be up a creek without a paddle. You wouldn't even be in the game."
"He's right, you know," I said.
"Aw. You guys are having a bromance. That's really cute. — Patrick Carman

There are so many ways to tell a story. With multiplatform books, we are reimagining what literacy can be. — Patrick Carman

I took English courses in college, but I don't have an English degree. I have a degree in economics. — Patrick Carman

She had long been a cold and calculating person, and yet she had never given in to the darkness entirely. She would remember her mother's touch or the voice of a lost friend, and the tiniest bit of hope would return. — Patrick Carman

As exciting, difficult, and memorable as our past can be, there comes a time when we have to get on with living. — Patrick Carman

I'm a relic, and things were a lot different when I was fifteen and sixteen. There were no cell phones, no laptops ... I learned to type on an actual typewriter. — Patrick Carman

There's something darn funny about an old librarian with a potty mouth. — Patrick Carman

Like most people, there are things I love about Amazon. It's cheap, it's fast, and it's at my doorstep. But Amazon will never replace the important role my local indie plays in my community. — Patrick Carman

Life is better without the walls, everyone agrees. Still, sometimes I'm afraid of the outside world, and every so often in my private thoughts I wish the walls were still there to protect me. It feels like growing up, as if the safety of the childhood has been stripped away, and I've woken up on the edge of something dangerous. The walls are gone and I can do as I please. It's a freedom I'm not so sure I'm ready for. — Patrick Carman

That thing, that tiny part of The Land of Elyon, is gone but not entirely forgotten. Elyon had his reason for sending you and me on this journey. Sometimes we see something as plain as a dying leaf and our hearts grow sad, but we must always hold true and fight on, Alexa. Whatever happens to us, we will not be forgotten in the end. He will remember us. — Patrick Carman

But what was I but a scared child lost in a strange world? How could I replace all that been lost? Where was my place in the world? — Patrick Carman

Faith never stays put. It's always challenging always questioning. That's what makes it real. — Patrick Carman

In the morning light, I remembered how much I loved the sound of wind through the trees. I laid back and closed my eyes, and I was comforted by the sound of a million tiny leaves dancing on a summer morning. — Patrick Carman

Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad to get what you need. — Patrick Carman

Scares that kid, — Patrick Carman