The world was healing itself.

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.

With a decision and a defined purpose, you can begin work.

Freedom from likes and dislikes, the sudden sense of identification, the spirit of comedy.

I know a lie when I hear one.

What makes a mother? Looking at your child and identifying emotion

Because Days come and go but my feelings for you are forever, one last kiss before I go, dry your tears, it is time to let you go

It's on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly.

We all have to go through the tumbler a few times before we can emerge as a crystal.

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

Thing that was very different for me is that an American child's reading is filled with Americans.

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace.