We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have ... loyalty and friendship.

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.

I was going to stop pretending that just because we were in ministry we were perfect. I was tired of wearing the mask of ministry, and knew that I needed to start living the life.

Distorted history boasts of bellicose glory... and seduces the souls of boys to seek mystical bliss in bloodshed and in battles.

A sailor's joys are as simple as a child's.

I punched my buddy in the nose after lunch, now I'm in trouble cause the dean saw the punch.

But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope.

There is no evidence that having more guns reduces crime. None at All.

Showing off seemed to me to be a highly valuable and necessary activity when I was 20.

If the Nazis have been destroyed it's because America got into the war. They went for it and they got into the fight.

I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.

George W. Bush has helped those who have most, hurt those who have least and ignored everyone in between.