Anthony Horowitz Quotes

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• I love the idea that magic and witchcraft and battles between supernatural creatures could be raging all around us but just out of our sight.

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  Sight, Ideas, Magic

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• We live in an age when there is no room for the impossible.

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  Age, Rooms, Impossible

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• Childhood, after all, is the first precious coin that poverty steals from a child.

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  Children, Childhood, Coins

  Anthony Horowitz (2011). “The House of Silk: The Bestselling Sherlock Holmes Novel”, p.43, Hachette UK

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• 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?

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  Sadness, Eye, Blow

  Anthony Horowitz (2013). “Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin”, p.126, Penguin

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• You're never too young to die.

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  Adventure, Young, Alex Rider

  Anthony Horowitz (2000). “Stormbreaker”, Candlewick Press (MA)

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• There's a dream world that we visit sometimes and that's how we found out who we are.

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  Dream, World, Who We Are

  Anthony Horowitz (2012). “The Gatekeepers #3: Nightrise”, p.174, Scholastic Inc.

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• A German philosopher once wrote that he who fights monsters must take care that he doesn't become one himself.

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  Fighting, Monsters, Care

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• My perfect reader doesn't just read - he or she devours books.

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  Book, Perfect, Reader

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• When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.

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  Morning, Three, News

  Anthony Horowitz (2013). “Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin”, p.187, Penguin

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• You can kiss me if you like," she said. Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.

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  Letting Go, Horse, Kissing

  Anthony Horowitz (2006). “Point Blank”, p.43, Penguin

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• "I think my reputation will look after itself," Holmes said. "If they hang me, Watson, I shall leave it to you to persuade your readers that the whole thing was a misunderstanding."

  Anthony Horowitz

  Thinking, Looks, Reputation

  "The House of Silk". Book by Anthony Horowitz, November 1, 2011.

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• You cannot defeat your enemies until you know who they are.

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  Enemy, Defeat, Knows

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

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  Men, Trying, Fats

  "Scorpia Rising". Book by Anthony Horowitz, 2011.

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• Statues lined the stairs and stood, dotted across the roof. But they had been brutalized by time and the weather. Some were missing arms. Many had no faces. Once they had been saints and angels. Two hundred years standing in London had turned them into cripples.

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  Angel, Years, Weather

  Anthony Horowitz (2006). “Scorpia”, p.207, Penguin

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• The worst time to feel alone is when you're in a crowd.

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  Worst Times, Crowds, Worst

  Anthony Horowitz (2006). “Point Blank”, p.12, Penguin

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• We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.

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  World, Danger, Be Careful

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• When you are rich, people treat you with respect.

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  People, Rich, Rich People

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• Routine is the one thing the can get you killed. It tells the enemy where you're going and when you're going to be there.

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  Enemy, Routine, One Thing

  Anthony Horowitz (2006). “Stormbreaker”, p.187, Penguin

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

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  Moon, Names, People

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• My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

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  Book, Writing, Thinking

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• I have a couple of questions," he said. "Do, please, go ahead." "My first one is for Yassen Gregorovich." He turned to the Russian. "Why are you working for this lunatic?" "I sometimes think that I was richer when I was eight years old than most people will be in their lifetime!" "Do we have to listen to this?" Alex asked.

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  Couple, Thinking, Eight

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• 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.

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  Believe, People, Negative

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• You're nothing if you're not special.

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  Special, Ifs

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• So it's a coincidence. Just like you said. Two rich parents with two rich kids at the same school. They're both killed in accidents. Why are you so interested?" "Because I don't like coincidence," Blunt replied. "In fact, I don't believe in coincidence. Where some people see coincidence, I see conspiracy. That's my job.

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  Jobs, Believe, School

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• Alex decided he’d had enough. He put down his knife. “All right,” he said. “You’ve made it pretty clear that you don’t want to work with me. Well, that’s fine. Because I don’t want to work with you either. And for what it’s worth, nobody would ever believe you were my mom because no mom would ever behave like you.” “Alex…,” Carver began. “Forget it! I’m going back to London. And if you’re Mr. Byrne asks why, you can tell him I didn’t like the jelly, so I went home to get some jam.

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  Mom, Believe, Home

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