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Charlie Higson QUOTES

1 " Standing in the corridor was a large plastic bin on wheels. He looked inside. Empty tins of dog food. That explained the spaghetti with meat sauce. Oh well, he'd eaten worse. "

― Charlie Higson , The Enemy (The Enemy, #1)

2 " I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired,' said Maxie.
'I know how that feels,' said Blue.
'I think some Pharaoh had that carved on his tomb,' Maxie added.
'Yeah? Times don't change much, do they? "

― Charlie Higson , The Enemy (The Enemy, #1)

3 " If we make our own history, if we tell stories that bring us together, we'll be stronger. It'll give us something to believe in. The sickos can't do that – they're no better than animals – but we can. Every battle we win we have to tell the story over and over, so that we can win more battles. People love stories. They've told stories since even before they could write. Myths and legends, stories of heroes and villains, gods and monsters. Real things happened, the story got told and then the stories became legends. That's what we've got to do – tell our own heroic stories. "

― Charlie Higson , The Fear (The Enemy, #3)

4 " The first drops of rain started to fall.
'God's policemen,' said Jester.
'You what?'
'The police always used to pray for rain before any big demonstration because people wouldn't turn up. Nobody wants to run riot in the streets if it's pouring with rain. Who's going to want to fight in this? "

― Charlie Higson , The Enemy (The Enemy, #1)

5 " Remember what I done for you here today,' he shouted and passed out. "

― Charlie Higson , The Enemy (The Enemy, #1)

6 " And don't go whining to God about it. It was pretty clear that there was no God up there, no kindly old gent looking down, keeping score in a notebook. You did good, you did bad, it didn't make any difference, did it? This one's going to heaven, this one's going to hell, this one's going to Disneyland.

No. God wouldn't have let any of this shit happen. If you were going to believe in anything, then believe in the devil. He was much more real than God. Up there causing mischief. Laughing at the chaos he'd created. "

― Charlie Higson , The Fear (The Enemy, #3)

7 " I’m different,” said the Kid. “My gran always said I was half clever, half stupid, and half crazy. "

― Charlie Higson , The Enemy (The Enemy, #1)

8 " I was the hero, Roberto De Niro, William Shakespearo! Walking on the beaches, looking at the peaches. "

― Charlie Higson , The End (The Enemy, #7)

9 " What did we know? This was early days. We had no idea what was out there. How dangerous it might be. It was just a school maths problem. They never asked that in the exams, did they? Like, “If John walks at three miles an hour from London to Brighton, and he's attacked by rabid grown-ups four times, and they bite his right leg off, how long will it take him to bleed to death? "

― Charlie Higson , The Hunted (The Enemy #6)

10 " Great, thought Jack. I’m on marathon walk to London, likely to be ambushed by diseased nutters at any moment and I’m stuck with a load of idiots who sound like they’ve escaped from the set of In the Night Garden. "

― Charlie Higson , The Dead (The Enemy, #2)

11 " Kiss my axe. "

― Charlie Higson , The Hunted (The Enemy #6)

12 " Are you by yourself, darling? I can’t bear the thought of you dying alone.
No, mum, I’m with my friend. I’m with Courtney...
Courtney...
He called out her name.
‘Courtney,’ he said. ‘I’m sorry...’
But Courtney was already dead. "

― Charlie Higson , The Fear (The Enemy, #3)

13 " Get off! Get off me, ‘Felix sobbed, sounding like a little kid. Marco kicked at the sickos, slashing with his knife. It was no good, though— there were just too many of them — and he himself toppled over, landing on his friend and smothering him.
‘It’s all right Felix, ‘he said. ‘I’m with you. It’s all right. You’re not alone. ‘He felt for Felix’s hand held it tight, as more gym bunnies blocked out the light, swamping them. "

― Charlie Higson , The Fear (The Enemy, #3)

14 " He turned to see three kids at his side. Tish and the two little boys. He had to admit the boys looked pretty normal to him — apart from the fact that they were both laden down with armour and weapons, and the dark harked one appeared to be wearing a dress, like they were on their way to a fancy-dress party. "

― Charlie Higson , The Sacrifice (The Enemy #4)

15 " There is no getting around the fact that the moment you are at your very best is the moment you begin to become worse and worse. Others will come along who can run faster, jump higher, hit harder, and you will be forgotten. Your winning moment is dated to die. "

― Charlie Higson , By Royal Command (Young Bond, #5)

16 " Nobody can hold a Bond forever. "

― Charlie Higson , SilverFin (Young Bond, #1)

17 " He was a different person now, and not a better one, Oh, he could fight, he could swat sickos like flies; he was a bloody hero, wasn't he? He was Death himself. Riding a bike. But in the end, all he was doing was adding to the score of the dead. Was that all a hero was, then? A killing machine without a heart? "

― Charlie Higson , The Dead (The Enemy, #2)

18 " There was a reason these boys were still alive, though. Something made them stronger than the other kids, the ones who had died in the early days, who had simply lain down and given up, unable to cope with the terrible things that were happening in the world. These boys were survivors. The will to live was stronger than any other feelings. "

― Charlie Higson , The Enemy (The Enemy, #1)

19 " After Arran died we could've fallen apart. But we didn't. Because you held it together. "Arran Lives" - you remember that?"
"I remember."
"He lived in you, Max. You done well. I like you. You're cool. "

― Charlie Higson , The End (The Enemy, #7)

20 " The brighter the sunlight, the worse it affects them," said Einstein.
"So we got to pay more attention to the weather forecast," said DogNut. "Cloudy with a chance of zombies. "

― Charlie Higson , The Fear (The Enemy, #3)