Was it fate? Was it destiny?" "I think it was Alan Blunt.

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.

The world is always greater than your desires

Nothing is more logical than persecution. Religious tolerance is a kind of infidelity.

Without improving our mind there is no way to solve our human problems.

You might be a redneck if you're still scalping tickets after the concert is over.

If there's a truth and nobody knows it, is it still true? Or is it like a light burning in a locked, shuttered house that nobody will ever get to see?

That's my punishment in hell, shoveling horseshit.

Man has been lent, not given, to life.

BDS represents three words that will help bring about the defeat of Zionist Israel and victory for Palestine.

When I hear something going wrong, I insist on it being put right.

Adulterers, take warning, never admit.