"That was horrible. Horrible. That poor little guy." Pex was unrepentant. "Yeah, well, he asked for it. Calling us... all those things." But buried alive?! That's like in that horror movie. Y'know the one with all the horror." "I think I saw that one. With all the words going up on the screen at the end?" "Yeah, that was it. Tell you the truth, those words kinda ruined it for me."

Don’t feel bad; I regularly reduce people to unintelligible stammers.

Waitress: "And to drink?" Artemis: "Spring water. Irish, if you have it. And no ice, please. As your ice is no doubt made from tap water, which rather defeats the purpose of spring water.

You wouldn't know a clue if it danced in front of you with a T-Shirt that read 'I'm a clue

Control puberty?" snorted the bodyguard."If you manage that, you'll be the first.

He took a deep, shuddering breath. "Okay. I said it, it's out there. And I am fine now. So let's move on, shall we? What's the plan?

A genius. A criminal mastermind. A millionaire. And he is only twelve years old.