Derek Landy Quotes
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I was wondering how you were going to punish me for not confiding in you. Punishment, actually, is something I've thought about for a long time. What form of punishment would be enough for what I did? Imprisonment? Death? Something else? Something scarier? I could only think of so many horrible tortures before they stopped having meaning. But you' you've come up with a punishment I never considered. You're going to sulk me to death.
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What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?
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They might be kittens," she said hopefully. "They're stalking us." "They might be shy." "I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie." "Puppies, then?
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I cross the place where my heart used to be and hope to be even deader than I am now.
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Sanguine chuckled. "I like you, boy. You got optimism in these bones. I like you so much that I ain't gonna tell you what I did to poor old Jethro, the first Jethro, may he rest in peace, may they someday find his head.
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Well, for future reference, this is my serious face.
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I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.
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Don't be jealous of my genius.
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Do you think we’ll be waiting long?” Valkyrie asked, keeping her voice low. “The last time we were in this building, we accused the Grand Mage of being a traitor,” Skulduggery said. “Yes, I think we’ll be waiting long.
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They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit," Valkyrie said. China glanced at her. "They've obviously never met me.
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People!" she screamed. "There are people here! New people!
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You look angry," he said. "You put me on hold." "For a very good reason." "You put me," she said very, very slowly, "on hold.
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You say one more thing that sounds like it's ripped from the pages of a really bad gothic romance and I'm out of here, are we clear?" - Valkyrie Cain
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Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eighth or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice surprise you know? 'oh, my darling, you have knees! I never would have thought
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Dublin City was quiet when they reached the Waxwork Museum, as if it was holding its breath.
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Well, to put it delicately, she has the power to suck out people's brains.
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Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hundred and first.
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Absolutely. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful
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The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.
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I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.
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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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We punch people, Valkyrie. That’s who we are. Embrace your inner lunatic. Fun times guaranteed.
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I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I don't participate. My resources, and my standing, must be secure before I can allow the uncertainty of war to crash down upon us.
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Oh my god you're thicker than you look
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An untied shoelace can be dangerous,' he said. 'I could have tripped.' She stared at him. A moment dragged by. 'I'm joking,' he said at last. She relaxed. 'Really?' 'Absolutely. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful.
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Emergency Valve Regulators," she repeated. "So you do know what your doing? "Not really," he said yanking another wire. 'I made up that term to keep you happy. I'm just pulling all the red wires because they're the pretty ones.
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A living skeleton isn't enough for you, is it? What does it take to impress young people these days?
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You're in a bad mood,' Skulduggery said. 'I understand. I do. You're saying things that you don't really mean. It's OK.' 'I'll kill you both.' 'Hurtful things said in the heat of the moment. We're not going to hold it against you, Bison. We're all friends here.' Valkyrie nodded. 'We love you Bison.' 'We do,' Skulduggery agreed. 'You're our favourite Necromancer. You're the cuddly one.' 'Shut up,' Dragonclaw said. 'Both of you just shut up.
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He crouched at the car window and looked in. 'What a lovely family you have. What a charming family. They're all lovely. Except for that one.' His finger jabbed the glass. 'That one's a bit ugly.
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Is he all scarred now? Magic gets rid of most physical scars, but I like to think I scarred him emotionally.
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