We was half stupid, a third lucky, and three-quarters ferocious..

But I'll never see any of those fish," said Maxie."Or those whales. Or any lions or tigers. I'm never going to set foot in a rain forest now, am I? I….

There is no getting around the fact that the moment you are at your very best is the moment you begin to become worse and worse. Others will come alo….

Writing is a bit like being a god.

There was a reason these boys were still alive, though. Something made them stronger than the other kids, the ones who had died in the early days, wh….

My gran always said I was half clever, half stupid, and half crazy..

If a wolf attacks his sheep, the shepard kills the wolf, but he eats the sheep when he's hungry..

Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat sauce. O….

There was always a slug on the lettuce. This was too good to be true. He had never trusted Jester, and didn't trust David. He wasn't going to let his….

No such word as can't. No such word as babagoozle neither!.

Tea? Good God, no. It's mud. How the British ever built an empire drinking the filthy stuff is beyond me. And if we carry on drinking it, I've no dou….

You got to harden yourself. Make, like, a shell around you. But not everyone can do it. If they got nothing to hang on to some of them screw up. They….

He knew one thing for sure, though. Whatever happened, Matt would have some handy excuse. He'd make up some story or change an old one, find some dum….