"I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding."

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.

When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.

If this is what you do to the winner, I'd hate to see how you treat the runner up.

I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because of the results. I'm not sure I agree. Lots of people work for charity; lots of people want to change the world. But they don't have to behave like you.

Your temperature's normal, though I'd say it's the only thing about you that is.