Quotes from Derek Landy

And Ghastly became aware of Ravel's eyes, brimming with tears, those eyes that had many a lady swooning over him down through the centuries. Those golden eyes.

He said he was Lord Vile. - Skulduggery

You know," Ghastly said to Skulduggery, "for someone who hates plans, you've got an awful lot of them." "Well, yes," Skulduggery replied, "but really, the likelihood of any of them actually working is extraordinarily slim.

There are too many people for this town. - China, about Roarhaven

I wasn't always who I am now. No one ever is. I've spent my entire lifetime becoming who I am. Finally, I'm here and I'm old. It's depressing, it really is.

And I have lifetimes inside me, I'm the girl you see standing here,and I'm a cranky old professor, and I'm a peace-loving man, and I'm a killer and a maid and a king and a peasant. I am a dozen more. You think you're old? You got nothing on me." - Tanith Low

Give it to me!" the woman screamed. "Give it to me!" Nye scuttled over. "Mr Scapegrace, you know the procedure cannot be repeated, your brains are in far too deteriorated a condition." "You! Gave! Me! The! Wrong! Body!

Miss Sorrows is a wonderful teacher. She really is so good at this. I'll never be half as good as she is. That's what she keeps telling me. She's magnificent. - NJ

If we're going to go through with this," he said gruffly, "then hurry it up. It's not everyday I send someone into hell.

Scientists are a cold-blooded bunch. Standing by while innocent people are killed, while the power you so generously donated is twisted and warped by the fragile little minds of the ordinary people. I can't believe you thought your plan would ever work. - Darquesse, to Argeddion

She held her sword like she was ready to use it on anyone who got close. Darquesse could see her own reflection in the blade. A pretty girl with a scar on her cheek, fifteen years old and dark-haired. Her pale face splattered with other people's blood. Her eyes, dark-ringed. Is this what they all saw, she wondered, or did the see something else? Something magnificent and terrible? Something monstrous?

I can be quite charming when I want to be. - Strom

So not only have we Darquesse on the loose, and not only do we have nineteen supercharged sorcerers running around, and virtually every Sanctuary on the planet in a state of chaos, but now we have twenty-three days to decide who's going to kill themselves to save the world? How the hell are we meant to manage any of that? - Vex

I'm not a thing. I'm not an it. I'm a person. I am a her. - Stephanie (the reflection)

Your traumas have made you who you are, but they don't define you. You can live with them, I have no doubt.

mind is in a permanent state of finely tuned chaos that I would be loath to disrupt.

Those rocks we stepped over to get here – I'm assuming they go right around your property, yes? What do you need with a protective circle?" Jacob examined him,

Amber stared at him. Glen started crying. It kind of ruined the moment.

Despite her worries, despite her anxiety, despite everything that had happened and everything she had done, Valkyrie looked down at Sergeant Yonder and found she still had the capacity to laugh at stupid people.

Please just admit it," said Valkyrie. "You're going to miss me, aren't you?" "Obviously," said Skulduggery. "Thank you." "like a drowning man misses the land." "Aw w w..." "Like a hesitant man misses the chance." "Yeah..." "Like an oblivious man misses the point." "I have a feeling you're mocking me somehow, but I can't put my finger on how.

Mist spoke. "And now, Miss Sorrows, where do your loyalties lie?" China looked at her. "Where they have always lain, Madame Mist. With me.

You have no idea what it is you're saying at any given moment, do you? You think just as long as you're issuing orders, you're a leader.

I will heal your wounds," he said, "but I will not facilitate your battles.

They called us the Dead Men because they said we weren't afraid of dying.