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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.

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There are problems and there are children. It is our aim to separate the two.

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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.

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We live in a world with so many dangers that we have to be careful whom we trust.

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He had followed the trail left by a dead man. It was only now that he realized it might lead only to a grave.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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?

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McCain might have suffered hardships in his life, but what had happened to him had nothing to do with his background or his color; they were convenient excuses now. He had been a psychopath from the start.

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I have a couple of questions," he said. "Do, please, go ahead." "My first one is for Yassen Gregorovich." He turned to the Russian. "Why are you working for this lunatic?" "I sometimes think that I was richer when I was eight years old than most people will be in their lifetime!" "Do we have to listen to this?" Alex asked.

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All that sadness. All that anger. It is the smoke that gets into your eyes. If you do not blow it away, how can you hope to see?

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Whatever you say, old boy. Just look after yourself. And whatever you do, don't swallow the gum!

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It has been the dream of very few men to rule the entire world. - Dr. Grief

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You're trying to tell me that everything you've done is for a good cause. You think that all this killing is worth it because of the results. I'm not sure I agree. Lots of people work for charity; lots of people want to change the world. But they don't have to behave like you.

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For all men are equal at the moment of death and who are we to judge them when a much greater judge awaits?

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Sometimes it's the tiniest things that can mean the difference between life and death.

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Some things can't be changed. They'll always happen the way they were supposed to.

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If you think it's hard getting in, you should try getting out.

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I hear it still. As I lay down my pen and take to my bed, I am aware of the bow being drawn across the bridge and the music rises into the night sky. It is far away and barely audible - but there it is! A pizzicato. Then a tremelo. The style is unmistakable. It is Sherlock Holmes who is playing. It must be. I hope with all my heart that he is playing for me...

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The birds fly in the wrong places and there are too many stars in the sky.

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You weren't in any real danger. We knew exactly where you were all the time.

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My life has been a remarkable one. Maybe one day someone will write a book about me... "I've never much cared for horror stories.

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We have no money. We have no possessions. Maybe that is why we value the things we do have... loyalty and friendship.

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Show Holmes a drop of water and he would deduce the existence of the Atlantic. Show it to me and I would look for a tap. That was the difference between us.

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The school even had a Latin motto: Pergo et Perago, which sounded like the story of two Italian cannibals but which actually meant I try and I achieve.

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Your temperature's normal, though I'd say it's the only thing about you that is.

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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.

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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.

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When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.

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