Quotes by Patrick Carman

About Patrick Carman:

Patrick Carman is an American writer. Carman is a graduate of Willamette University. In his twenties, Carman founded an ad agency, then ran it for a decade, overseeing a staff of eight and art directing projects for the health, technology, and film industries. He sold the agency in 1999 and founded a technology company that grew into a multimillion dollar business. Carman sold his second company in 2003 and began writing books for young adults and children. He lives in Walla Walla, with his wife Karen and two daughters, Reece and Sierra, and splits his time between publishing and film projects.
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Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad to get what you need.

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

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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

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

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

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 in...

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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 th...

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

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

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

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I hear your insults and plan to silence them with my victory.

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The first rule of Evernight is that any vampire who seeks sanctuary must be given a place." -Charity

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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?

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My strength was returning as we went on. 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.

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But nothing was a important as escaping Evernight or the ‘destiny’ my parents and teachers had decided for me. I had only one chance to be free and to be with the guy I loved. I intended to take it.

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Huging my pillow to my chest, I told myself, At least soon you won't have so much time to miss him. Soon school will start again, and then you'll be busier. Wait. Am I reduced to HOPING for school to start? Somehow, I have discovered a whole new leve...

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I’m going, and don’t you dare try to stop me.” I ran through the door, willing myself to make it downstairs before I started to cry.

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Tell me why.” My voice shook. “Tell me right now.

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It was as if something snapped in two deep inside me. My parents-- the people I’d loved the most in the world, the ones I’d always told all my secrets to, the ones I’d wanted to hide with far away from the rest of the world. They had lied, and ...

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

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Author Bio

  • NamePatrick Carman
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornFebruary 27, 1966
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksAtherton: The House Of Power