Alex Rider Quotes

“What happened?" he demanded. "I heard an explosion!"

"Yeah.That was me. I set the boat alight."

"What?"

"I set fire to the boat."

"But we're on the boat!"

"I know.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“Your name?"The movements of the man's mouth didn't quite match what he was saying, so seeing him speak was a bit like watching a badly dubbed film.

"Alex Gardiner," Alex said.

"Your real name?"

"I just told you."

"You lied. Your real name is Alex Rider."

"Why ask if you think you know?”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“Strange though it is,Sarov still cares about you. He told me to leave you alone. But I think, this time, I must disobey the general. You are mine! And I intend to make you suffer..."

"Just talking to you makes me suffer," Alex said.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“You can kiss me if you like," she said.

Alex let go of her and turned away. "Thanks, Fiona," he said. "But frankly I'd prefer to kiss the horse.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“So it's a coincidence. Just like you said. Two rich parents with two rich kids at the same school. They're both killed in accidents. Why are you so interested?"

"Because I don't like coincidence," Blunt replied. "In fact, I don't believe in coincidence. Where some
people see coincidence, I see conspiracy. That's my job.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“He looked from the phone to the unconscious figure of the Salesman. "What did you do to him?" he asked.

"He got the wrong number," Alex said.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“Let me tell you, Alex. He's a crook. He's based here in Miami. He's a nasty piece of work."
"He's mexican" Troy added.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“You've already said you were going to kill me," Alex said, "but I didn't think that meant you were going to bore me to death.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school.

That's why they become politicians.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“Alan Blunt got in touch with me and asked me to put you up here for the rest of the week, to pretend that you're my son. I have to say, you don't look anything like me."

"I don't look anything like myself either," Alex said.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“He was a commander in the Russian army at a time when the Russians were our enemies and still part of the Soviet Union . This wasn't very long ago, Alex.The collapse of communism. It was only in 1989 that the Berlin Wall came down." She stopped. "I suppose none of this means very much to you."

"Well, it wouldn't," Alex said. "I was only two years old.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“She tried to smile sympathetically, but with her face it wasn't quite possible.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Point Blank

“Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum!”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“By any rights, he should be dead. He was involved in an explosion with a bomb, which he happened to be carrying at the time. Conrad is something of a scientific miracle. There are more than thirty metal pins in his body. He has a metal plate in his skull. There are metal wires in his jaw and in most of his major joints."
"He must set off a lot of airport alarms," Alex muttered.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“The CIA agent looked more dead than alive. Alex wondered if he had been hit, but there was no sign of any blood. Perhaps he was in shock.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Skeleton Key

“Alex listened as the two men argued, neither really listening to what the other had to say. So this was how the government worked!”
― Anthony Horowitz, Scorpia

“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!”
― Anthony Horowitz, Scorpia

“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

“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it’s never good news. Alex Rider was woken by the first chime. His eyes flickered open, but for a moment he stayed completely still in his bed, lying on his back with his head resting on the pillow.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Stormbreaker

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Don't be sorry. Our lives don't belong to us, so we can't complain if they're taken away.”
― Anthony Horowitz, Nightshade