Some things can't be changed. They'll always happen the way they were supposed to.

In the old days, spies had done they'd done because they loved their country, because they believed in what they were doing. But he'd never been given a choice. Nowadays, spies weren't employed. They were used.

Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum!

We have an hour before we have to leave," Cray said. "So I thought I might tell you a little about myself. I thought it might pass the time." "I'm not really all that interested," Alex said.

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

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.