Quotes from Derek Landy

He missed the way Londoners sounded as he killed them – like they were offended that anyone would even dare.

sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done.

The only thing we know for certain is that Darquesse is coming, and she's coming to kill us all.

As she fell, she was reminded of that line from one of Douglas Adams' books, where he described flying as the ability to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Valkyrie rushed towards the ground, and missed splendidly.

Do you want to see my dolls?" Alice asked. "I have princess dolls and soldier dolls. Today, the princess dolls rescued the soldier dolls from the evil dragon.

I was Skulduggery Pleasant's partner," said Crepuscular. "And he left me to die.

Stephanie thought about the world she'd grown up in, and how different it was from the world she'd been introduced to, and yet how similar. There was joy and happiness in both, just as there was heartbreak and horror. There was good and evil and everything in between, and these qualities seemed to be shared equally in the worlds of the magical and the mundane. It was her life now. She couldn't imagine living without either one.

Ask us," Skulduggery said. "Pardon?" "I just like being asked to … you know." China sighed. "Skulduggery Pleasant, Valkyrie Cain, will you accept this mission and save the world, pretty please, with a cherry on top?" Skulduggery put his hands on his hips. "I shall." "Yeah," Valkyrie muttered. "I shall, too.

If you don't see me in five minutes, then I've probably died a brave and heroic death.

You should have more faith in mortals," Fletcher countered. "Not all of them are war-hungry simpletons, you know." "No," Skulduggery said, "but they do tend to scare easily and, when people are scared, they lash out." Fletcher adjusted his hair slightly. "You have such a dim view of the people you fight every day to protect.

She had once loved sleep, had looked forward to being swallowed up by her slumber every night, but now sleep was something she chased. It was a furtive little animal that, even when caught, wriggled and scratched to free itself.

he was a rubbish Sensitive, and I cut his head off. If he'd been any good at looking into the future he'd have ducked.

The better I can make the world, the better it is for the people in my life

What's the mission?" "We're going to kill Mevolent." Tanith stuck her hand out. "You had me at kill Mevolent." Valkyrie shook it. "Literally the last thing I said." "And that's when you had me.

Tell me: do you ever actually remember having a heart, or were you born dead?

This book is dedicated to Iron Man. Tony Stark stopped Thanos and saved us all and I, for one, will never forget the sacrifice he made. Also to Natasha Romanoff for yeeting herself off that cliff.

America has its own detectives. Some good ones, too. None as good as me, of course." "And that's the burden you bear with such humility.

Sanctuary business," Valkyrie pointed out. "It's just a murder. Cameron Light didn't even work for the Sanctuary." "It is an official Sanctuary investigation, which

can't spend all that time together and then all of a sudden not care if you never see that person again.

She had a massive headache and there was blood running down her face, but she seemed to be otherwise OK.

Where's my black top?" "I put it in the wash." "It was clean." "It had blood on it." "Yeah, but not mine.

If the Death Bringer was seen as a threat, we'd have teams from twenty different Sanctuaries storming the Temple as we speak.

buddy. You'd better get back to class." "School's over." "Oh," she said. "Don't you usually have detention, or something?" He sagged. "Yeah," he said, and trudged off.

At times, I wear it in tribute to their sacrifice. Other times, I wear it because it goes with this skirt.