What is this place? Hogwarts? -- Alex Rider.

He had followed the trail left by a dead man. It was only now that he realized it might lead only to a grave..

He had tattooed all of the names of the men he had killed on his body...unfortunately he had run out of room..

The birds fly in the wrong places and there are too many stars in the sky..

Smiling back at her, it occurs to me that I've never met a mean librarian..

We have an hour before we have to leave," Cray said. "So I thought I might tell you a little about myself. I thought it might pass the time." "I'm no….

Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right..

To enjoy something fully, you had to own it..

Alan Blunt got in touch with me and asked me to put you up here for the rest of the week, to pretend that you're my son. I have to say, you don't loo….

The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps he was in shock..

My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk..

I don't know anything!' Tim(Caleb) wailed. He'd never spoken a truer word in his life..

I don't know what I'd do without you. There's no one else to look after me. And it's not just that. I sometimes think you're the only person who real….

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

The worst time to feel alone is when you're in a crowd..

You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage..

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

What were you going to do with it?” McCain asked. "I just thought it might come in useful.” "Were you planning to attack me?” "No. But that’s a good ….

So it's a coincidence. Just like you said. Two rich parents with two rich kids at the same school. They're both killed in accidents. Why are you so i….

My father was aloof, very strange and very distant..

You weren’t in any real danger. We knew exactly where you were all the time..