Was it fate? Was it destiny?" "I think it was Alan Blunt.

Let me ask you a question Alex. What do you think is the greatest evil on this plant today?" "Is that including, or not including you?

You don't need to be able to string a sentence together in a way that is elegant or even vaguely meaningful to produce a bestseller - as Dan Brown has demonstrated time and again.

Your name?"The movements of the man's mouth didn't quite match what he was saying, so seeing him speak was a bit like watching a badly dubbed film. "Alex Gardiner," Alex said. "Your real name?" "I just told you." "You lied. Your real name is Alex Rider." "Why ask if you think you know?

It's funny how things work out sometimes.

Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out.

It has been the dream of very few men to rule the entire world. - Dr. Grief