345 Quotes by Anthony Horowitz

It was quite elementary,' returned the detective with a languid gesture of one hand.

You look at me as if I were a conjuror,' Holmes remarked, with a laugh.

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.

When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news. Alex Rider was woken by the first chime. His eyes flickered open, but for a moment he stayed completely still in his bed, lying on his back with his head resting on the pillow.

Only you can help me. Only you can get close to Frederick Gray. And that’s why I’ve come here. Help me find Nightshade. Help me stop whatever it is they’re planning. But above all, help me find my children. They’re alive.I’m sure of it. Nightshade has them. And only you can help me get them back.

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

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

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.