Anthony Horowitz Quotes

“You must have been going very fast."
"I was, until I hit the fence.”

“You are meant to be here. There are no coincidences. It's all happening the way it was meant to be.”

“Strange though it is, Sarov still cares about you. He told me to leave you alone. But I think, this time, I must disobey the general. You are mine! And I intend to make you suffer…"

"Just talking to you makes me suffer," Alex said.”

“We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.”

“Oh-do be careful with that! That's my Buddha hand grenade. Twist the head twice and throw it and anyone within ten yards can say their prayers.”

“Believe me, It would be better if we didn't meet again. Go back to school. Go back to your life. And next time they ask you, say no. Killing is for grown-ups and you're still a child.”

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

“Sometimes it's the tiniest things that can mean the difference between life and death.”

“…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me…”

"I’ve never much cared for horror stories.”

“Let me ask you a question Alex. What do you think is the greatest evil on this plant today?"
"Is that including, or not including you?”

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

“What is this place? Hogwarts? -- Alex Rider”

“There's a name for people with an interest in the moon," Alex said. "They're called lunatics.”

“No offense, but I'd rather kiss the horse.”

“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.”

“You're my closest friend and you're thousands of miles away.”

“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.”

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

“I didn't set fire to the building."
"No, but you did pull it into the river."
"That put the fire out!”

“The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she explained. "She was crushed."
"I'd have been disappointed too.”

“I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?"
"I wouldn't call you that…”

“Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.”

“Go to Venice. Find Scorpia. And you will find your destiny.”

“Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.”

“You're nothing if you're not special.”

“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.”

“Nice day for a funeral.”

“Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.”

“It has been the dream of very few men to rule the entire world.
- Dr. Grief”

“The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant “I try and I achieve.”

“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 idea.”

“Let me tell you, Alex. He's a crook. He's based here in Miami. He's a nasty piece of work."
"He's mexican" Troy added.”

“He looked from the phone to the unconscious figure of the Salesman. "What did you do to him?" he asked.

"He got the wrong number," Alex said.”

“All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?”

“He who fight monsters must take care that he doesn't become one himself.”

“You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are.”

“There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.”

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

“But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school.

That's why they become politicians.”

“Do you realise how much trouble you're in?"
"Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all.”

“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 look anything like me."

"I don't look anything like myself either," Alex said.”

“He died fighting for what he believed in.”

“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.”

“Your temperature's normal, though I'd say it's the only thing about you that is.”

“She tried to smile sympathetically, but with her face it wasn't quite possible.”

“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 not really all that interested," Alex said.”

“Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?”

"Because they’re talented.”

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

“He didn't want to remember anymore. remembering only hurt him… everytime.”

“Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum!”