Alternatively you can twist the cylinder round twice clockwise; that turns it into a hand grenade. Five-second fuse. I tested it on one of my assistants. Poor old Bennett... he should be out of hospital in a couple of months.

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

You're never too young to die.

It's funny how things work out sometimes.

…my life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me . . .” "I’ve never much cared for horror stories.

He hadn't done anything. He hadn't needed to. Just being there was enough.

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