You weren’t in any real danger. We knew exactly where you were all the time.
She tried to smile sympathetically, but with her face it wasn't quite possible.
When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.
I believe that, by and large, people are good and everybody you meet is more likely to surprise you in a positive way than in a negative way.
Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.
What is this place? Hogwarts? -- Alex Rider