Skulduggery Pleasant Quotes

• We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant

  Derek Landy

  Reverse, Pleasant, Advancing

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• I'm sophisticated, charming, suave, and debonair, Professor. But I have never claimed to be civilized.

  Derek Landy

  Suave, Sophisticated, Charming

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• Doors are for people with no imagination.

  Derek Landy

  Doors, People, Imagination

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• Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed. "Not just ordinary stairs," Skulduggery told her as he led the way down. "Magic stairs." "Really?" "Oh, yes." She followed him into the darkness. "How are they magic?" "They just are." "In what way?" "In a magicky way." She glared at the back of his head. "They aren't magic at all, are they?" "Not really.

  Derek Landy

  Darkness, Magic, Ordinary

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• Kindness suits you." "Really? I think I'm quite allergic to it.

  Derek Landy

  Kindness, Thinking, Suits You

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

  Derek Landy

  Love You, Pleasant

  Derek Landy (2008). “Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 1)”, p.11, HarperCollins UK

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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.

  Derek Landy

  Unique, Men, Giving

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• I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.

  Derek Landy

  Littering, Murder, Conspiracy

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• Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

  Derek Landy

  Fighting, Gun, Moron

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.296, HarperCollins UK

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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.

  Derek Landy

  Goal, World, Might

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

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• The sparrow flies south for the winter.

  Derek Landy

  Winter, Sparrows, South

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• I kill a sofa for you and you go and sit in a chair?” Skulduggery asked. “I don’t think you appreciate the sacrifice that has been made for you.

  Derek Landy

  Sacrifice, Thinking, Appreciate

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

  Derek Landy

  Distance, Lying, Simple

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• I need a weapon,” Valkyrie muttered. “You’re an Elemental with a Necromancer ring, trained in a variety of martial arts by some of the best fighters in the world,” Skulduggery pointed out. “I’m fairly certain that makes you a weapon.” “I mean a weapon you hold. You have a gun, Tanith has a sword... I want a stick.” “I’ll buy you a stick for Christmas.

  Derek Landy

  Art, Mean, Gun

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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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• Vengeous scowled. 'As you can see,' he said, 'you are vastly outnumbered.' I usually am.' Your situation has become quite untenable.' It usually does.' You are within moments of being swarmed by these filthy creatures of undeath and torn apart in a maelstrom of pain and fury.' Skulduggery paused. 'Okay, that's a new one on me.

  Derek Landy

  Pain, Doe, Torn Apart

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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.

  Derek Landy

  Struggle, Love You, Fighting

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• A living skeleton isn't enough for you, is it? What does it take to impress young people these days?

  Derek Landy

  Skeletons, People, Doe

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• What is it?' Stephanie whispered. 'That, my dear Valkyrie, is what we call a monster.' She looked at Skulduggery. 'You don't know what it is, do you?' 'I told you what it is, it's a horrible monster. Now shut up before it comes over here and eats us.

  Derek Landy

  Monsters, Shut Up, Horrible

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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.

  Derek Landy

  Thinking, Get Up, Said

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• Tides do what tides do – they turn.

  Derek Landy

  Tides, Turns

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

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• "Found something?"..."No, sorry. I thought I had, but, no, it turned out to be, uh… more floor."

  Derek Landy

  Sorry, Found, Valkyrie Cain

  "Skulduggery Pleasant". Book by Derek Landy, April 3, 2007.

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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.

  Derek Landy

  Struggle, Fighting, Winning

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

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• Are you going to shoot me?' Vengeous sneered. 'I wouldn't be surprised. What would a thing like you know about honor? Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

  Derek Landy

  Fighting, Gun, Honor

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• Are you kidding? I jumped off a building -- of course I'm hurt.

  Derek Landy

  Hurt, Building, Courses

  Derek Landy (2015). “Skulduggery Pleasant -”, p.107, HarperCollins UK

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