Derek Landy Quotes - Page 3

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• Sometimes it's not what you say, Valkyrie, it's just the fact that you're saying it.

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  Facts, Sometimes

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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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  Fall, Mean, Apples

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• Clarabelle...Clarabelle... You worked as Kenspeckle Grouse's assistant, did you not?' 'One of the. He fired all the others.' 'But not you?' 'He fired me on the second day, but I kept coming in. I had nowhere else to go.' 'And then you killed him.' 'Yes.' 'A Remnant squirmed inside you, and you killed Kenspeckle Grouse.' 'Yes.' Nye grinned. 'You're hired. But I have warn you, if you try to kill me, I will dissect you and sing along to your screams.' 'Can I have Mondays off?' 'You may.

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  Monday, Trying, Nye

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• There’s no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for. Serpine will have won only when there is no one left to stand against him. Until then, there is only the struggle, because tides do what tides do–they turn.

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  Struggle, Fighting, Winning

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.181, HarperCollins UK

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• This book is dedicated to you. Whether you are a Minion or a Skuttlebug or just, you know, a normal person, it’s because of you that I get to do what I love and laughingly call it work. I know some of you by name and some of you by sight (and some of you by smell, but let’s not get into that) but there are still countless others I have never met, and to all of you I say thank you for your support, your passion, and your lunacy.

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  Book, Passion, Sight

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• You've been reading Gordan's book again, haven't you?" "It's a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride," she mumbled.

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  Book, Reading, White

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• Fletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby. "Can it do any tricks yet?" "I'm still working on it. Want to hold her?" "God, no," Fletcher said laughing. "I'd drop it." "It's not an it, it's my baby sister. Go on, hold her. You won't make a mess of it, i swear. Only an idiot could drop a baby." "You always say I am an idiot." "But you're a special kind of idiot. Here." She passed Alice into his arms, and he stood there, rigid, a look of intense concentration on his face.

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  Baby, Laughing, Special

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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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  Art, Fall, Littles

  Derek Landy (2009). “Playing With Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 2)”, p.9, HarperCollins UK

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• Tides do what tides do – they turn.

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  Tides, Turns, Skulduggery Pleasant

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.181, HarperCollins UK

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• Are you hurt? Are you injured?" / "No, just a bruise or two. I'm fine, really. You don't have to worry about me." / "Stephanie, you jumped off a building." / "Yes, but the branches broke my fall. Every one of them." / "And how were the branches?" / "A lot unlike pillows.

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  Hurt, Fall, Two

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• So he has no head' 'Thats usually what headless means' 'No head at all?' 'Your really not getting the whole headless thing are you?' 'Its just kind of silly even for us.

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  Silly, Mean, Kind

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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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  Hate, Skeletons, Courses

  Derek Landy (2013). “Skulduggery Pleasant:”, p.46, HarperCollins UK

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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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  Littering, Murder, Conspiracy

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• Corrival looked around. 'So is this it? Is everyone here? Erskine, maybe you should start the ball rolling. I have places to go and things to do.' 'Me?' Ravel asked. 'Why do I have to start it? You're the most respected mage here. You start it, or Skulduggery.' Skulduggery shook his head. 'I can't start it. I don't like most of these people. I might start shooting.

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  People, Rolling, Balls

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• We punch people, Valkyrie. That’s who we are. Embrace your inner lunatic. Fun times guaranteed.

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  Fun, People, Who We Are

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• It's not that I want you to go, it's just that I don't want you to stay." - China Sorrows -

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  Sorrow, Want, China

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• So that plan worked out well.' Skulduggery, your entire plan consisted of, and I quote, "Let's get up close and then see what happens."' All the same,' he said, 'I think the whole thing worked out rather beautifully.

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  Thinking, Get Up, Said

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• The next time? Oh, my dear Eliza, you're not going to carry on with this, are you? The Faceless Ones had their chance. They returned and they were sent away again. It's time to move on. Time to take up another hobby, like crocheting, or serial killing.

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  Moving, Hobbies, Time To Move On

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• The calm before the storm

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  Storm, Calm, Unleashed

  Derek Landy (2009). “Playing With Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 2)”, p.6, HarperCollins UK

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• Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough

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  Thinking, Enough, Skulduggery Pleasant

  Derek Landy (2013). “The Maleficent Seven (From the World of Skulduggery Pleasant)”, p.7, HarperCollins UK

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• Life isn't fair,' Skulduggery said. 'In my experience, death isn't so different.

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  Different, Said, Fairs

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• Of course I want to kill you," said Skulduggery. "I want to kill most people. But then where would I be? In a field of dead people with no one to talk to.

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  People, Want, Fields

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• I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut your face.' 'Exactly my point.

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  Fighting, Doubt, Battle

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• You’re seventeen. You’re supposed to be dealing with school and hormones and dim-witted parents. You’re supposed to be finding out who you are as a person.” “But I already know who I am,” Valkyrie said. “I’m a world-breaker.

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  School, Who I Am, Parent

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• You're bored, aren't you.' 'I need constant distraction. Shall we go?' 'Uh, aren't you supposed to delegate responsibility or something? If you're not here, who's in charge?' Skulduggery looked around and pointed to a sorcerer at the far side of the cemetery. 'He is.' 'Who is he?' 'Don't know. He looks like leadership material, though, doesn't he?' 'Does he?' 'He's wearing a hat.' 'And that means he's a leader?' 'Leaders wear hats. It's to keep the rain off while we make important decisions. He'll do fine.' 'Shouldn't you tell him that he's in charge?' 'And spoil the surprise?

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  Rain, Mean, Responsibility

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