Quotes from Derek Landy

And then you'll be back, will you?" She smiled at him. "Of course I will. I can't stay away from you, you know that." The way his head tilted, Valkyrie knew that pleased him.

Or you can make it easy on yourself," Skulduggery said. "You can tell us where Abyssinia is.

What kind of disturbed individual would read the same book twice, I ask you?

Drive very slowly. Especially round corners. And along straight roads." "Can you please trust me?" "I trust you with my life," Skulduggery said. "Just not necessarily my car.

lecture the

You're only young once, Valkyrie." "Yeah, but it goes on for ages.

impasse implies that we're evenly matched. But we all know that's not true.

That's two years of me living for someone else. How sad is that?

I've lost track of this speech, and I'm not too sure where it's headed. But I know where it started and that's what you've got to keep in mind. Has anyone seen my hat?

Rut emerged with a goddamn scimitar

Are you sulking now?" he asked. "Yes," she answered curtly. "OK.

When she was strong, she was unbeatable. When she was strong, she got things done.

He's got a goddamn sword. Look at it. It's huge.

Humanity is contagious.

Yes, well, vampires aren't known for being cute.

Oh, we know Damocles from way back," Onosa said, waving her hand. "You do?" "Yes, indeed, Valkyrie. We're old friends. Practically. Almost. We tried to kill him once, but I'm sure he's forgotten about that. It was ages ago." "Why did you try to kill him?" Skulduggery asked. "Because we knew him." "A good enough reason as any.

But I believe. I believe that once we were ruled by beings so evil that even their own shadows shied away from them.

The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.

If you hear any screaming," he said "that'll be me.

This is Resolute Thread. The more pressure applied, the stronger it gets. It's very rare. They say it was made from the stomach lining of an emperor dragon, over 2000 years ago." "Was it?" "No, it's just really strong thread.

Definitely looks like it," said Amber. "Thank you so much for your help." "Don't worry about it," the kid replied. "I'm assuming you'll take care of this?" He held up his bag of doughnuts so the teller could see it, and Amber smiled. "Sure thing, Walter. See you around." "Stay frosty," Walter said, and walked out.

Child, you know nothing about war. You think it's big and it's loud and it's good versus evil. It's not. War is a delicate thing: it requires precision. It requires timing.

He looked around, waiting for a reply, then shrugged and looked down at Vex. "You need better friends." "He's not my friend.

Stranger things have happened. And do, with alarming regularity.