Anthony Horowitz

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.

You must know that feeling when it's raining outside and the heating's on and you lose yourself, utterly, in a book. You read and you read and you feel the pages slipping through your fingers until suddenly there are fewer in your right hand than there are in your left and you want to slow down but you still hurtle on towards a conclusion you can hardly bear to discover.

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...

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.

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

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?

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

The house is seventies modern with sliding windows, gas-effect and a giant TV in the living room. There are almost no books. I'm not making any judgement. It's just the sort of thing I can't help but notice.

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.

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

I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.

Throughout history, story telling was at the very beginning of life.

You've already said you were going to kill me," Alex said, "but I didn't think that meant you were going to bore me to death.

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.

He was a commander in the Russian army at a time when the Russians were our enemies and still part of the Soviet Union . This wasn't very long ago, Alex.The collapse of communism. It was only in 1989 that the Berlin Wall came down." She stopped. "I suppose none of this means very much to you.""Well, it wouldn't," Alex said. "I was only two years old.

They didn't just live with secrets. Secrecy surrounded their entire lives.

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.