My greatest fear is disappointing the reader, so each book has to be better than the one before.

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

It's funny how things work out sometimes.

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.

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

I don't know what I'd do without you. There's no one else to look after me. And it's not just that. I sometimes think you're the only person who really knows me. I only feel normal when I'm with you.

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.