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

Derek Landy

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Derek Landy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 23
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Lies
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People

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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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Here she is,” her mum said, cooing at the baby, “my special girl.” “Oh, cheers,” Valkyrie said, rolling her eyes.
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People! she screamed. There are people here! New people!
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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 find it rude to laugh at a man with a sword.
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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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The workshop door opened and Skulduggery emerged. Ryan, he said, stop leaning on my car.
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We may need to focus here.' 'Right. Yes. OK. Turn around.' 'Are you going to throw something at me?' 'What? No, I'm getting out of bed.
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Enjoy that?' Tanith said with a little grin. Valkryie grinned back, her eyes bright. 'I keep telling Skulduggery he should get a bike.' What does he say?' He says people who wear leathers, like you, should ride motorbikes. People who wear exquisite suits, like him, should drive Bentleys.
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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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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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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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tanith: have you called the police? fergus: they, uh, they said theyd call by this afternoon. tanith: tell them not to bother... im his doctor. beryl: what kind of doctor dresses in brown leather? tanith: the kind that looks good init
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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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Don't be jealous of my genius.
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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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And then the Necromancers pulled out their sub-atomic machine guns.
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Love is finding someone better than you are, and holding on for dear life
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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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