Derek Landy Short Quotes

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The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.

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I love you all, even those I don't particularly like. That's you, Beryl.

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You have an amazing ability to depress me sometimes, you know that?" "I try my best.

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Guild doesn't like me." "That's true." "He doesn't like you, ether." "That is mystifying.

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You're not stealing anything, you're not breaking anything, so I'd guess you're Stephanie.

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Here she is, her mum said, cooing at the baby, my special girl. Oh, cheers, Valkyrie said, rolling her eyes.

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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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Stephanie had no problem doing what she was told, just so long as she was given a good reason why she should.

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The Baron, unfortunately, turns it all the way up to eleven." "Seriously? Because, you know, that's one more evil

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Are you sulking? Me? No. I don't sulk. You sound like you're sulking. I'm just waiting for the violent urges to subside.

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I woke up, a bag of bones. Literally. They had gathered up my bones and put them in a bag and thrown the bag into a river.

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Valkyrie, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but your friend is most likely dead. Of course he's dead. He's a skeleton.

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You're under arrest for multiple counts of murder. You have the right to not much at all, really. Do you have anything to say in your defense?

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It's fairly standard. Also, I'm fourteen. Also, your beard's stupid. Isn't this fun? Skulduggery said brightly. The three of us getting along so well.

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Scapegrace leaped up. I am the Killer Supreme! I make murder into an art form! Skulduggery hit him again and Scapegrace did a little twirl before falling.

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You've done what?" "I know," he said. "You're impressed. You send me out for bread and I come back with a boy. Well, not literally. That would be weird. Even for me.

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Her father sagged as relief spread through him. I thought something awful was happening. She frowned. Something awful was happening. It could have got stuck in my hair.

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You make a good point,' Fletcher conceded. 'See, there's a reason why you're the girl and I'm the boy. You think about things while I...' 'Don't?' 'Exactly,' he said happily.

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With his sunglasses gone and his scarf hanging down, there was no denying that he had no flesh, he had no skin, he had no eyes and he had no face. All he had was a skull for a head.

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The rain battered the cottage. Valkyrie risked a look up at Skulduggery. What is it? she whispered. It's a box, he whispered back. What kind of box? A wooden one. She gave him a look.

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Doesn't sunlight kill them? Doesn't it turn them to dust, or make them burst into flames or something?" "Nope. Vampires tan, just like you and me. Well, just like you. I tend to bleach.

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The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are.

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She's you, without your conscience, or your feelings. She's you without your humanity." "You're saying she's a mood swing?" He shrugged. "Or maybe you're her mood swing." "Don't even joke about that.

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