Anthony Horowitz: Trending quotes

“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.”

Source: Skeleton Key

“Nice day for a funeral.”

Source: Point Blank

Anthony Horowitz book The Falcon's Malteser

Source: The Falcon's Malteser

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

Anthony Horowitz book Scorpia Rising

Source: Scorpia Rising

“…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.”

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Source: Snakehead

“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.”

Source: Point Blank

“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.”

Source: Crocodile Tears

“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.”

Source: Crocodile Tears

“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.”

Source: Skeleton Key

“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?”

Source: Skeleton Key

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Source: Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin

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

Anthony Horowitz book Scorpia Rising

Variant: A German philosopher once wrote that he who fights monsters must take care that he doesn't become one himself.
Source: Scorpia Rising

“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.”

Source: Crocodile Tears

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

Source: Point Blank

Anthony Horowitz book Scorpia Rising

Source: Scorpia Rising

“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.”

Source: Skeleton Key

Anthony Horowitz book Scorpia

Source: Scorpia

“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.”

Source: Point Blank