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Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12) QUOTES

Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12) QUOTES

1 " That wasn’t bad,” Tom said. “Almost as good as Alex.”
“You’ve got to be kidding,” Jack growled. “Alex would have blown them up or forced them off the road. Just a shame I forgot my hand grenade.”
“Next time,” Tom said. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

2 " Alex was surrounded by 7 of the most dangerous and unpredictable people on the planet. It was just a question of which one would kill him first. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

3 " These people...I've never come across anyone like them. You want the truth? They make Scorpia look like a vicar's tea party. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

4 " I sent a car to pick you up at school, Alex. I thought you might like a lift. I didn't expect a declaration of war. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

5 " You’re saying that you’ve managed to
arrest a kid who’s an insane criminal. You’ve put him in a prison with six other insane criminals, and you want Alex to pretend to be an insane criminal and move in with them. Well, you know what I think of that idea?
It’s insane! "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

6 " Only you can help me. Only you can get close to Frederick Gray. And that’s why I’ve come here. Help me find Nightshade. Help me stop whatever it is they’re planning. But above all, help me find my children. They’re alive.
I’m sure of it. Nightshade has them. And only you can help me get them back. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

7 " It’s easy enough to change your personality, to become evil. The trouble is, it stays with you. And it damages you. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

8 " Don't be sorry. Our lives don't belong to us, so we can't complain if they're taken away. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

9 " that story you told him about losing your own children, and now I’m wondering if that was even true.” “Of course it was true!” Mrs. Jones snapped, and just for once, she betrayed her emotions. She was angry. Two dark spots had appeared in her cheeks. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

10 " The British Airways Airbus "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

11 " FOR EVER AND ALL ETERNITY. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

12 " Alex glanced at Tom’s work, which was huge, painted on six sheets of paper. It showed a terraced house, on fire with blood coming out of the windows, an ax buried in a wall, and an atomic explosion happening in the backyard. There were times when Alex worried about his friend. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

13 " Don’t be sorry. Our lives don’t belong to us so we can’t complain if they’re taken away.” Those were the words that Alex remembered when, half an hour later, the lights blinked out "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)

14 " His uncle, Ian Rider, had taken him on a tour of the Greek islands when he was nine years old and he couldn’t help being reminded of it. It was as if nothing had changed. Except, of course, that he was now working for MI6, he was using a false name, his new best friend was a psychotic killer and he had less than a week to stop London from being destroyed. "

― Anthony Horowitz , Nightshade (Alex Rider, #12)