Quotes from Derek Landy

The girl looked down at her plate. "Why didn't you tell me?" "Would it have made it easier to kill a murderer?" The girl paused. "Yes." "Then what kind of test would it have been?" Quoneel asked.

China's voice came through the phone. "Has the shark eaten him yet?" "Not yet," Skulduggery muttered. "So what happens if I do it wrong?" "Geoffrey gets eaten," China said. "Am I on loudspeaker?

There's an I in menagerie. - Black Annis

Ryan, you're not real. You don't exist... You're Deacon Maybury," Skulduggery said. "You're a hiding place who thinks it's a boy.

shoulders of a skeleton, and the five people

We can't get a cat," Valkyrie argued. "They don't do anything except plot against you and multiply like Gremlins.

Stephanie, we just want what you have. We want to have fun and we want to have powers and do exiting things. We've been talking, and we've decided that we want you to teach us magic. - Carol

We call them groundsharks." Sanguine shook his head immediately. "That's a stupid name. Makes them sound like little shark fins slicing through the living room carpet." "I wanted to call them razorworms," said Persephone. "That's a damn sight better than groundsharks." (Eyes of the Beholder)

We already have a Death Bringer, thank you. We don't need another one. - Oblivious

Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone – not least himself . . . A tragic loss, his mind echoed numbly as he slipped away.

Warlocks are dark sorcerers on a dark path. They eat the souls of their enemies to absorb their strength. I haven't gone up against one of them in... a long time. I didn't think there were any left. - Skulduggery

We're all barbarians at our core. We're all savage, murderous beasts. I know I am. I'm sure you are. The only difference between us, Mr Prave, is how loudly we roar. I roar very loudly indeed. How about you? Do you think you can match me? - China

We watch television and we play music, but mostly we've 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. They both let go, laughing. "Naw," Plight said," we just play board games.

Excuse me," said Skulduggery, "I hate to interrupt, but this conversation is boring me." "Because it isn't about you," said Fletcher. "That is indeed why it's boring." "We'll

Wreath told me what the Passage is." "Oh?" "They're going to kill three billion people to stop the other three billion from ever dying.

My dear Stephanie . . ." Stephanie froze. China looked at her. "I've known your name since before I met you, child. Your uncle spoke of you often.

Skulduggery Pleasant walked off the battlefield, and Lord Vile walked into my Temple. - High Priest Tenebrae

Being around you puts my life in constant danger. I've fought monsters and vampires and I've almost died twice, and you think they'd choose to kill you over a tattoo?

At a gesture, the window flew open and China vaulted out.

Valkyrie!" Melancholia called. "Please help me!

That'll teach him to underestimate stupid people. – Ghastly

Gordon couldn't do magic," Valkyrie called after Fergus, "but what about you?" He didn't stop walking, and he didn't answer. He just held up his left hand, and clicked his fingers. Even in the bright sunlight, Valkyrie saw the spark between his fingertips.

My grandfather believed . . . He believed that we were magic." Stephanie stared at him. "What?" "He said it'd been passed down, this magic, generation to generation. He said we were descendants of a great sorcerer called the Last of the Ancients.

We do what we must. We do what we can. We do what we will. We do what we... We don't do what we won't. - Scapegrace