Derek Landy Quotes - Page 7

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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.

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  World, Fierce, Wonderful

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• Thank you,” Skulduggery said to her. “I fear he was about to start insulting me.” “I couldn’t let that happen,” she said. “Your ego is a fragile and delicate thing.” “You see? You understand me.

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  Delicate Things, Ego, Insulting

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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.

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  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’.

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  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.

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  Dust, Flames, Vampire

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

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• Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the twenty-fifth sentence of the final chapter of his new book, And the Darkness Rained upon Them, and the next he was dead. A tragic loss, his mind echoed numbly as he slipped away.

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  Book, Loss, Darkness

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.11, HarperCollins UK

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• There's enough sedative in these darts to bring down a werewolf, which is exactly what we're hunting. Why would we want to bring down an elephant if we're not hunting elephants?

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  Hunting, Elephants, Want

  Derek Landy (2012). “Kingdom of the Wicked (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 7)”, p.21, HarperCollins UK

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

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  Real, Wish, Stories

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• I shall live forever. And I don't mean in a metaphorical sense. I don't mean I'll live forever in the hearts and minds of my readers. I mean I will literally live forever, drawing as I do from your pain and suffering.Your pain makes me strong.

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  Strong, Pain, Heart

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• You're not stealing anything, you're not breaking anything, so I'd guess you're Stephanie.

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  Stealing, Skulduggery Pleasant, Pleasant

  Derek Landy (2013). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.12, HarperCollins UK

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• I woke up, a bag of bones. Literally. They had gathered up my bones and put them in a bag and thrown the bag into a river.

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  Rivers, Bags, Bones

  Derek Landy (2013). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.31, HarperCollins UK

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• Her father sagged as relief spread through him. “I thought something awful was happening.” She frowned. “Something awful was happening. It could have got stuck in my hair.

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  Father, Hair, Relief

  Derek Landy (2013). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.19, HarperCollins UK

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• Don’t kill me,” he sobbed as he lay there. “Oh God, please don’t kill me.” “If you had let me finish,” Skulduggery said, slightly annoyed, “you would have heard me say, ‘Come out, we’re not going to hurt you’. Idiot.” “He probably wouldn’t have said idiot,” Valkyrie told the sobbing man. “We’re trying our best to be nice.” The man blinked through his tears, and looked up. “You’re... You’re not going to kill me?” “No, we’re not,” Valkyrie said gently, “so long as you wipe your nose right now.

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  Hurt, Nice, Men

  Derek Landy (2010). “Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 5)”, p.18, HarperCollins UK

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• I love stories with a happy ending,” Inspector Me said.

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  Stories, Love Story, Happy Endings

  Derek Landy (2011). “Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 6)”, p.24, HarperCollins UK

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• What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?

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  Space, Three, Sanctuary

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.182, HarperCollins UK

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• You accused me of murder. Do you make a habit of bringing schoolgirls into an interview room with murder suspects?' He waved his hand. 'Oh, I was only joking about that. I don't really think you murdered someone. Unless you did, in which case I reserve the right to say I knew it all along.

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  Thinking, Hands, Rooms

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• I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.

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  Trying, Opponents, Matter

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• mostly we've had to found ways to amuse ourselves." "Really?" Valkyrie asked. "Like what?" Plight's smile faded. "Like human sacrifice." He grabbed one arm and Lenka grabbed the other and Valkyrie cried out. Then they both let go. laughing. "Naw," Plight said, we just play board games." ..."she fell for it!" gasped Lenka. "She fell for the human sacrifice bit!

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  Letting Go, Sacrifice, Games

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• I could've died because you had to tie your shoelace?

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  Ties, Shoelaces, Died

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• Of course I want to kill you," said Skulduggery. "I want to kill most people. But then where would I be? In a field of dead people with no one to talk to.

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  People, Want, Fields

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• You’re seventeen. You’re supposed to be dealing with school and hormones and dim-witted parents. You’re supposed to be finding out who you are as a person.” “But I already know who I am,” Valkyrie said. “I’m a world-breaker.

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  School, Who I Am, Parent

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• I don’t need you sensitive, Skulduggery. I need you aloof and irresponsible and arrogant. That’s why I love you. That’s why I let you hang out with me.” “I’m truly blessed.” She grinned. “You love me, too. Once you admit it, everything will be better.” “They’re about to hook up the Cube to the Accelerator,” he said, and turned and walked off. She followed. “You can’t run from your feelings.” “I can walk from them.

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  Running, Blessed, Love You

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• The Baron, unfortunately, turns it all the way up to eleven." "Seriously? Because, you know, that's one more evil

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  Evil, Way, Eleven

  Derek Landy (2009). “Playing With Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 2)”, p.14, HarperCollins UK

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• Annis had never been a people person, unless ‘people person’ was defined as a person who ate people.

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  People, Persons, Defined

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• This is stolen? We're in a stolen jet?" "Not stolen," said Donegan Bane from the co-pilot's seat. "Almost stolen," Grascious corrected. "Semi-stolen," said Donegan. "Quasi stolen," said Grascious. Aurora's frown did not turn upside down. "So is it stolen or not?" Donegan and Grascious hesitated. "Yes,"they both said toghether.

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  Aurora, Pilots, Upside Down

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