I didn't set fire to the building." "No, but you did pull it into the river." "That put the fire out!

Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.

You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!" "Yeah.That was me. I set the boat alight." "What?" "I set fire to the boat." "But we're on the boat!" "I know.

Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.

Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.

You're never too young to die.

There's a dream world that we visit sometimes and that's how we found out who we are.

What is this place? Hogwarts? -- Alex Rider

Routine is the one thing the can get you killed. It tells the enemy where you're going and when you're going to be there.

We do not enjoy a story fully at the first reading.

our hearts break, and take us out of relationships that are too painful for us

I started writing songs after I heard Hank Williams.

Let him who cannot be alone beware of community. Let him who is not in community beware of being alone.

You are already of consequence in the world if you are known as a man of strict integrity.

You know you're screwed when a Western doctor recommends acupuncture.

Avoid all affectation and singularity. What is according to nature is best, and what is contrary to it is always distasteful. Nothing is graceful that is not our own.

Life is nutty; anything can happen.

Initiative is key. Anybody who wants to be somebody is going to work as hard as they can to fulfill that dream.

Pride is the ground in which all the other sins grow, and the parent from which all the other sins come.