500 Quotes by Derek Landy

Scapegrace: Back then, I was full of ideas, I was going to renovate the whole front of the pub,, and extend out to the west, maybe get in a music system a little dancefloor. In the end, I decided not to. Too expensive, you know. And, like, nobody wanted to dance so.Skulduggery: Vaurien, if you're trying to kill us, there are quicker ways than telling us your life storyValkryie: Less painful too.

Skulduggery: I don't know what they are, but there are dozens of them, relatively small, moving as a packValkyrie: They might be kittensSkulduggery: They're stalking us Valkyrie: They might be shySkulduggery: I don't think they're kittensValkyrie: Puppies then?

Valkyrie: Guild doesn't like me Skulduggery: That's true Valkyrie: He doesn't like you either Skulduggery: Now that is mystifying.

[...} What did I tell you about wandering off? Why don't you ever do anything I say? If I didn't know any better, I would swear that you feel a compulsion to disobey authoriy figures.""That can't be what it is," she said."Well, that's what it seems like.""But I don't view you as an authority figure.""Oh, not this again.

You're late," he said."I'm beautiful.""You're always beautiful.""I'm always late, too.

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've had years to see the funny side.

Skulduggery took a small spool of thread from his pocket and started wrapping it around the door handles."That'll hold?" Valkyrie asked sceptically."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.

Omen nodded. "I can do that."Colleen pressed the stop button and the tram slowed. Before she stepped off, she turned to him and said, "Help us, Omen-one-Kenobi. You're our only hope.And then she was gone.He'd been star Wars-ed.