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1 " You're my closest friend and you're thousands of miles away. "
― Anthony Horowitz , Scorpia Rising (Alex Rider, #9)
2 " They didn't just live with secrets. Secrecy surrounded their entire lives. "
3 " A German philosopher once wrote that he who fights monsters must take care that he doesn't become one himself. "
4 " Inside every fat man, there's a thin man trying to get out. "
5 " He who fight monsters must take care that he doesn't become one himself. "
6 " He had tattooed all of the names of the men he had killed on his body...unfortunately he had run out of room. "
7 " Then why don't you go and ---- yourself. "
8 " You couldn't trust anyone or anything that belonged to the world of espionage. "
9 " It's funny how things work out sometimes. "
10 " To enjoy something fully, you had to own it. "
11 " Death is the same for the one who dies. "
12 " And what of the vicar? The word sat at the top of the page, underlined. That would suggest some sort of operation involving religion, but frankly, church was the last place you would expect to find anyone from Scorpia. "
13 " ALEX RIDER: "
14 " And look at you now! I can see how much you hate me . . .”“You’re wrong,” Alex said. “You’re nothing to me.”The rain was a mask, hiding his face. His eyes were dark and empty. In his sodden clothes, he was almost a skeleton of himself. He turned and began to walk away.That was when Julius went for the gun, his hand scrabbling through the wet grass. He lifted it and aimed.Alex heard him. Some tiny movement. Some instinct. He spun around.Julius fired a single shot.But Alex fired first. "
15 " To enjoy something fully, you had to own it. And if you couldn’t buy it, then you would have to steal it. "
16 " AnthonyHorowitz "
