345 Quotes by Anthony Horowitz

Everything had been beaten down and baked by the sun.

You never realise how fragile everything is until it breaks.

Blunt. I am the chief executive of the Special Operations Division of MI6. And your uncle was, for want of a better word, a spy.

I thought most kids would give their right arm to go into outer space,” Shulsky added unhelpfully. “Haven’t you ever dreamt about becoming an astronaut?” “No,” Alex said. “I always wanted to be a train driver.

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

And you think he’ll tell?” Matt asked. “We will make him tell us.” Han Shan-tung muttered the words casually, but there was something about the way he spoke that made the skin crawl.

In just about every other book I can think of, we’re chasing on the heels of our heroes – the spies, the soldiers, the romantics, the adventurers. But we stand shoulder to shoulder with the detective.

When your business is death, the only death you should never consider is your own.

I held out the packet and suddenly we were friends. That’s one of the only good things about being a smoker these days. You’re part of a persecuted minority. You bond easily.