My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

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.

A leader is a thorn in the flesh of oppressive people. They never feel comfortable when a leader stands up.

I faced the "dead lion" courageously but will definitely run if I meet a roaring one...

I had no Freedom. I had nothing.

Eternity is not something that begins after you are dead. It is going on all the time.

I want to have a lasting experience of God.

The cliche is that life is a mountain. You go up, reach the top and then go down.

Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.

From Harmony, from heav'nly Harmony. This universal Frame began.

Christians know that Christianity is simply extended training in dying early. That is what we have always been about.

Deliver me, O Lord, from that evil man, myself.