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Doors are for people with no imagination.
Derek Landy
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Derek Landy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 23
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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.
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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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Then I reckon we got ourselves a good old-fashioned standoff. ... Nobody moved, or said anything, for the next few moments. Old-fashioned standoffs are mighty borin
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What? she asked again. He pointed ahead of them. See that? What, the snow? Beyond that. More snow? Stop looking at the snow.
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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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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?
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This isn't funny. She was almost killed.' 'I'm aware. You're waiting to see if I will get angry.' 'I already know you're angry. You're sitting very still and you're talking very quietly. You're getting ready to kill someone.' 'I just need a name.
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That's a shame. I'm sure somebody, somewhere, cares.
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I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.
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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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I could've died because you had to tie your shoelace?
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You look angry, he said. You put me on hold. For a very good reason. You put me, she said very, very slowly, on hold.
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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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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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Desmond, don't poke the baby!'... 'I'll get you next time-' Don't threaten the baby either!'.
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We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant
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I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.
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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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Have you killed anyone?” she asked quickly. “What? Did you miss what I said, about turning murder into an art form?” “But you haven’t actually killed anyone yet, have you? I read your file.” He glowered. “Technically, yeah, all right, maybe I haven’t
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You're late,' he said. 'I'm beautiful.' 'You're always beautiful.' 'I'm always late too.
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