My advice is this. For Christ's sake, don't write a book that is suitable for a kid of 12 years old, because the kids who read who are 12 years old are reading books for adults. I read all of the James Bond books when I was about 11, which was approximately the right time to read James Bond books.

Omens are everywhere in this world you just have to find the one that fits.

He felt that the darkness was full of unimaginable horrors - and the trouble with unimaginable horrors was that they were only too easy to imagine.

The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy but they were listening in gibberish.

A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores.

... all reputable falconers agreed that for hunting purposes the only way you could reliably bring down prey with a wowhawk was by using it in a slingshot.

And never resist a perfect moment.