Derek Landy Quotes

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• Doors are for people with no imagination.

  Derek Landy

  Doors, People, Imagination

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• Plans are invitation to disappointment.

  Derek Landy

  Disappointment, Plans, Invitations

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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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  Goal, World, Might

  Derek Landy (2013). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.19, HarperCollins UK

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• Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.

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  Distance, Lying, Simple

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• Embrace your inner lunatic.

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  Insanity, Embrace, Lunatic

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• You have no idea the power generated each time somebody is told a story. When a conscious, sentient mind willingly ignores what is real, what is fact, and instead chooses to invest in people and places that never existed...It's magnificent.

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  Real, Ideas, People

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• It's really not as bad as it sounds. I was attacked by a shark once, back when I was alive. Well, not so much a shark as a rather large fish. And not so much attacked as looked at menacingly. But it had murder in its eyes, that fish. I knew, in that instant, if our roles had been reversed and the fish had been holding the fishing pole and I had been the one to be caught, it wouldn't hesitate a moment before eating me. So I cooked it and ate before it had a chance to turn the tables.

  Derek Landy

  Eye, Sharks, Fishing

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• Valkyrie dialed Skulduggery's number and he picked up. 'Hey,' she said, 'It's me.' Skulduggery paused. 'No it's not. If it were me, then I'd be talking to myself, and I don't do that any more. I certainly don't RING myself. That's one of the first signs of madness, and if it's not, it should be.' She sighed. 'Are you finished talking nonsense?' 'I haven't talked nonsense all morning. I miss it.

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  Morning, Talking, Numbers

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• The sparrow flies south for the winter.

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  Winter, Sparrows, Skulduggery Pleasant

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• Are you taking my hat hostage?

  Derek Landy

  Hats, Hostage

  Derek Landy (2013). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.32, HarperCollins UK

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• Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need.

  Derek Landy

  Work Out, Needs, Wells

  "Skulduggery Pleasant". Book by Derek Landy, October 29, 2015.

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• When I meet people, I no longer say "Hi, I'm Derek Landy, pleased to meet you." Now I say "Hi, I'm number one bestselling author Derek Landy. Worship me.

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  Numbers, People, Worship

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• Other stories tell how I eat innocent newborns, how I’m ten feet tall, how I breathe fire and have great dragon wings. None of these are wholly accurate. I don’t have dragon wings, I don’t breathe fire, I’m only eight feet tall and I’ve never eaten a newborn that didn’t have it coming. My name is Mevolent. What’s yours?

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  Feet, Fire, Eight

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• Talking about one's feelings defeats the purpose of having those feelings. Once you try to put the human experience into words, it becomes little more than a spectator sport. Everything must have a cause, and a name. Every random thought must have a root in something else.

  Derek Landy

  Sports, Talking, Names

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• Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream V. If I could have your attention for just a few moments, I'd like to go over the safety features of this aircraft. It has an engine, to make us go, and wings, to keep us in the air. There are seatbelts, which won't do you an awful lot of good if we fly into the side of a mountain.

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  Air, Wings, Safety

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• Every human being who has ever lived has the same potential in them for good and evil. Mortal or sorcerer, it doesn't matter. Power has a way of bringing out the worst in people. Mevolent. Serpine. Hitler. Lord Vile. Darquesse. We're all the same." "You just put me on a list with Hitler." "You're going to start sulking again, aren't you?

  Derek Landy

  People, Evil, Sulking

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• We're here on Sanctuary business," Skulduggery tried. The man on Deadfall's right bristled, and Deadfall grinned. "Hear that, Pete? They're with that Sanctuary." Hokum Pete snarled. "I hate the Sanctuary." "Oh," Skulduggery said. "We all hate the Sanctuary." "Ah. Then we're not here on Sanctuary business. I was just joking.

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  Hate, Men, Sanctuary

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• Love is finding someone better than you are, and holding on for dear life

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  Love Is, Holding On, Finding Someone

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• You should have called us. Desmond would have picked you up.' 'No I wouldn't,' Valkyrie's dad said, stepping into earshot. 'Sorry, Fletcher, but I had important fatherly duties to take care of, which included eating breakfast, showering, and finding my trousers. Of those three, I only managed two. Without looking down, can you guess which one I missed?'... Fletcher smiled back. 'I just want to borrow Stephanie for a moment.' 'Take our daughter,' Valkryie's dad said, waving a hand airily. 'We have another one now.

  Derek Landy

  Daughter, Sorry, Dad

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• I understand perfectly. Darquesse isn't a separate entity. She isn't another person. She's you. If you make the wrong choices, if you stop loving the people who love you, if you allow the world to twist and turn and change you, then yes, the future we've seen will come to pass. But if you fight, and if you kick, and struggle, and refuse to give in to the apathy, or the anger, or the hopelessness, then you'll change the future, and you'll walk your own path. And I'll be right there beside you, Valkyrie. I'll always be beside you.

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  Struggle, Love You, Fighting

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• I am a rational man, but haven't you heard? i'm also insane. It gives me a unique perspective on things.

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  Unique, Men, Giving

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• Get away from my ex-girlfriend, you moany little whinge-bag.' Caelen took a deep breath, like he was in pain, and stood up. His voice was low, guttural. 'I was hoping I'd get the chance to kill you.' 'You won't be killing anyone, you sad little emo git.' 'You've stood in the way of our love for long enough.' 'Just listening to you makes me want to top myself, you self-pitying Paranormal Romance novel reject.' Caelen glared. 'Stop insulting me.' 'Why? If you cry will your mascara run?

  Derek Landy

  Running, Girlfriend, Emo

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• She wants to be polite and not hurt your feelings, so she's not going to laugh right now. But inside, inside she's laughing.

  Derek Landy

  Hurt, Laughing, Feelings

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• Cheer up everyone," he said, a new brightness to his voice. "Since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about?

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  Cheer, Voice, Brightness

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.165, HarperCollins UK

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• Because I’m an English ninja,” Tanith replied. “We’re just like regular ninjas, except we wear leather and flirt more.

  Derek Landy

  Flirting, Ninja, Leather

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