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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.
Derek Landy
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Derek Landy
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 23
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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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Sometimes it's not what you say, Valkyrie, it's just the fact that you're saying it.
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Are you kidding? I jumped off a building -- of course I'm hurt.
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Well, to put it delicately, she has the power to suck out people's brains.
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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.
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He does this on purpose, Stephanie's mother said as they sat in the car, seat belts on and ready to go. They watched him appear at the front door, shrug into his jacket, tuck in his shirt, go to step out, and then pause. He looks like he's about to sneeze, Stephanie remarked.
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You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know exactly what that someone has just done.' --Skulduggery
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This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is. Okay. Serpine raised an eyebrow. Really? No, only joking. Do your worst.
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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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They faced each other. 'I'm going to enjoy this,'Melancholia said. 'I daresay I'm not.
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Found something?...No, sorry. I thought I had, but, no, it turned out to be, uh… more floor.
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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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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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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.
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You have an amazing ability to depress me sometimes, you know that? I try my best.
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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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That was a good day for me, Skulduggery said. I didn't have to hit anyone. I didn't have to shoot anyone. I just sat around and talked to my good friend and partner, Valkyrie Cain.
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You've done what? I know, he said. You're impressed. You send me out for bread and I come back with a boy. Well, not literally. That would be weird. Even for me.
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Tides do what tides do – they turn.
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