I don't think my father was a bad man, all in all.

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

Writing about magic is harder than writing about spies because you're dealing with something that doesn't really exist.

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.

There are few things in the world that we don't know. Science has explained everything away.

All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?

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.