Alex Rider: Stormbreaker Quotes

“Alex knew he was in trouble the same way an animal does.”

“Go back to school. Go back to your life. And the next time they ask you, say no. Killing is for grown-ups and you’re still a child.”

“Down here, on his own, far beneath the surface of the earth, he couldn’t make any enemy of his imagination.”

“Whoever this man was, he seemed to have less life than anyone in the cemetery. Above or below ground.”

“He had followed the trail left by a dead man. It was only now that he realized it might lead only to a grave.”

“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news.”

“Sleep took a long time coming to the dead man’s bed.”

″‘You ruined everything!’ Sayle howled. ‘How did you do it? How did you trick me? I’d have beaten you if you’d been a man!‘”

“It was only as he fell the last five hundred feet, as he heard the clock strike twelve, that he realized two things. He was falling too fast. And he had missed the flat roof.”

“You’re never too young to die.”

“Behind the glass, Yassen raised his hand. A gesture of friendship? A salute? Alex raised his hand. The helicopter spun away.”