Derek Landy Quotes - Page 5

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• You be sure to throw the book at him, you hear me? I feel violated, Detective. Violated." "I'll throw this table at you if you don't give us the names we're looking for.

  Derek Landy

  Book, Names, Giving

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.79, HarperCollins UK

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• You look angry," he said. "You put me on hold." "For a very good reason." "You put me," she said very, very slowly, "on hold.

  Derek Landy

  Looks, Reason, Said

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.65, HarperCollins UK

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• The workshop door opened and Skulduggery emerged. "Ryan," he said, "stop leaning on my car.

  Derek Landy

  Doors, Car, Said

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• You're late,' he said. 'I'm beautiful.' 'You're always beautiful.' 'I'm always late too.

  Derek Landy

  Beautiful, Beautiful You, Said

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• Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough

  Derek Landy

  Thinking, Enough, Skulduggery Pleasant

  Derek Landy (2013). “The Maleficent Seven (From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant)”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

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• That's ridiculous. The only point in having enemies is so you can defeat them, kill them, brush them aside." "Or give them a chance to redeem themselves.

  Derek Landy

  Giving, Enemy, Ridiculous

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• "Found something?"..."No, sorry. I thought I had, but, no, it turned out to be, uh… more floor."

  Derek Landy

  Sorry, Found, Skulduggery Pleasant

  "Skulduggery Pleasant". Book by Derek Landy, April 3, 2007.

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• He is the best, in my whole life i have only read his books!!!!!!

  Derek Landy

  Book, Whole Life, Whole

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• This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is." "Okay." Serpine raised an eyebrow. "Really?" "No, only joking. Do your worst.

  Derek Landy

  Keys, Eyebrows, Chance

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• They might be kittens," she said hopefully. "They're stalking us." "They might be shy." "I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie." "Puppies, then?

  Derek Landy

  Thinking, Might, Shy

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• By the time they got to Denholm Street, day had been beaten back and the night was soaking through the city.

  Derek Landy

  Night, Cities, Streets

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• Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?" "No. But they like surprises. Almost always.

  Derek Landy

  Waiting, Surprise, Knows

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• I know how easy it is to be swept away by stories, by things you wish were real.

  Derek Landy

  Real, Wish, Stories

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• He does this on purpose," Stephanie's mother said as they sat in the car, seat belts on and ready to go. They watched him appear at the front door, shrug into his jacket, tuck in his shirt, go to step out, and then pause. "He looks like he's about to sneeze," Stephanie remarked.

  Derek Landy

  Mother, Doors, Car

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• He could wear hats. He could wear an assortment of hats of different shapes and styles. Boater hats, cowboy hats, bowler hats. The list went on. Pork-pie hats, bucket hats, trillbies and panamas. Top hats, straw hats, trapper hats. Wide brim narrow brim, stingy brim. He could wear a fez. Fezzes were cool. Hadn't someone once said that fezzes were cool? He was pretty aur ether had. And they were. They were cool.

  Derek Landy

  Cowboy, Pie, Style

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• Her parents wanted her to find her own way in life. That’s what they’d said countless times in the past. Of course, they’d been referring to school subjects and college applications and job prospects. Presumably, at no stage did they factor living skeletons and magic underworlds into their considerations. If they had, their advice would probably have been very different.

  Derek Landy

  Jobs, School, Past

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.45, HarperCollins UK

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• Is that it?” “No. That’s a wall.” “It could be disguised.” “You’re not very good at looking for things, are you?” “I’m good at looking for walls. Look, I found another one.

  Derek Landy

  Wall, Looks, Found

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• It always surprised Valkyrie whenever she realized just how close the weird and the wonderful, and the fierce and the frightening, lived to the rest pf the non-magical, mortal world.

  Derek Landy

  World, Fierce, Wonderful

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• You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know exactly what that someone has just done.' --Skulduggery

  Derek Landy

  Done, Skulduggery Pleasant, Anticipate

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.170, HarperCollins UK

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• Vengeous scowled. 'As you can see,' he said, 'you are vastly outnumbered.' I usually am.' Your situation has become quite untenable.' It usually does.' You are within moments of being swarmed by these filthy creatures of undeath and torn apart in a maelstrom of pain and fury.' Skulduggery paused. 'Okay, that's a new one on me.

  Derek Landy

  Pain, Doe, Torn Apart

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• Are you going to shoot me?' Vengeous sneered. 'I wouldn't be surprised. What would a thing like you know about honor? Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

  Derek Landy

  Fighting, Gun, Honor

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• China is the same age as I am, and even I have to admit that she wears it better!" He laughed, then stopped and peered at her. "Because I'm a skeleton" he explained.

  Derek Landy

  Skeletons, Age, China

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.136, HarperCollins UK

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• She’s not… She’s not datin’ the skeleton, is she? How would that be even possible, let alone… nice? He’s got no skin, or lips, or… or nothin’.

  Derek Landy

  Nice, Skeletons, Skins

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• Doesn't sunlight kill them? Doesn't it turn them to dust, or make them burst into flames or something?" "Nope. Vampires tan, just like you and me. Well, just like you. I tend to bleach.

  Derek Landy

  Dust, Flames, Vampire

  Derek Landy (2013). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.60, HarperCollins UK

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• Very' is such a strong word.

  Derek Landy

  Strong, Strong Words

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.107, HarperCollins UK

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