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1 " Do you realise how much trouble you're in?""Perhaps I'll have some Weetabix after all. "
― Anthony Horowitz , Scorpia (Alex Rider, #5)
2 " Alex listened as the two men argued, neither really listening to what the other had to say. So this was how the government worked! "
3 " Alex felt the bullets pass over his shoulder and heard a scream as one of the other guards was hit. Well, that made one less anyway! "
4 " The platform underneath the balloon fell on her as she was trying to escape," she explained. "She was crushed.""I'd have been disappointed too. "
5 " I am perfectly qualified to give you an injection. You're not going to tell me you're afraid of a little prick?""I wouldn't call you that... "
6 " 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. "
7 " You'd better get onto MI6. They'll be in charge of security at the airport." "Of course." Sir Graham moved toward the door. He stopped and turned around. "And what happens if you're wrong?" he inquired. "What happens if these soccer players do somehow get killed?" Kellner shrugged. "At least we'll know what we're dealing with," he said. "And they lost every single one of their games while they were in Nigeria. I'm sure we can put together another team. "
8 " We're meant to be friends but you never tell me anything. "
9 " and fish dripping blood "
10 " he waited for one load of passengers to get off and another to get on, he would never see the "
11 " met a woman named Julia Rothman. She was very beautiful but a complete bitch. "
12 " if he waited for one load of passengers to get off and another to get on, he would never see the motor launch again. He was on the other side of the canal now. The streets were a little less crowded here. Alex caught his breath. He wondered how much longer he could run. And then he saw, with a surge of relief, that the motor launch had also arrived at its destination. It was pulling into a palace a little further up, stopping behind a series of wooden poles that slanted out of the water as if, like javelins, they had been thrown there by chance. As "
13 " I met a woman named Julia Rothman. She was very beautiful but a complete bitch. "
14 " I'd rather kiss the horse.... "
15 " You see what I mean?” Jerry said. Tom had his back to the buildings. He was looking at the sea. “Anyone fancy a swim?” he asked. “Yeah.” Jerry nodded slowly. “You bring any trunks?” “No.” “It doesn’t matter. We can swim in our underpants.” “I’m not wearing underpants.” Jerry glanced at his brother. “Charming! "
16 " The faded eighteenth-century villa stood some distance away from Ravello, reached by a path that twisted along the side of the mountain, high above "
