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61 " I used a new mixture. The ingredients are a bit harder to find, but for my favourite patients I like to make sure the healing process is as painless as possible.”“I’m on that list?” Valkyrie asked, her smile growing wider.Kenspeckle snorted. “You are the list. "
― Derek Landy , Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)
62 " And I won’t be needing a sword to kill you.” He strode towards Skulduggery, who raised his hand. “Um, since you’re not going to be using it, can I? "
63 " You are a known associate of the man called the Torment.”He shrugged. “News to me.”“What is?”“That I know him.”“Know who?”“What?”“That you know the Torment?”“Yeah.”“Then you do know him?”“Yeah.” Then quickly, “No.”“You don’t know him?”“I, no, I, no. Never heard of him.”“I hate to say this, Vaurien, but that’s astoundingly unconvincing. "
64 " Do not try to hit me again.” “How about me?” Skulduggery said as he ran up behind him. “Can I hit you? "
65 " I wonder, skeleton, would you still be alive? Would you be conscious if you were dice, or keys on a piano?” “Always wanted a life in music,” Skulduggery mumbled. "
66 " The great Skeleton Detective, in the flesh – figuratively speakin’, of course. "
67 " What I’m trying to say is that failure at this point isn’t really the smart move to make. We are not to fail, do I make myself absolutely clear? Failure is bad, it won’t help us in the short term and certainly won’t do us any favours in the long run, and I think I’ve lost track of this speech, and I’m not too sure where it’s headed. But I know where it started and that’s what you’ve got to keep in mind. Has anyone seen my hat?” “You "
68 " The main difference between her and her friends was not the magic, she knew, and nor was it the adventure. It was the fact that she knew what she wanted to do with her life, and she was already doing it. "
69 " Everyone’s in love with China.”“Ah yes, but my love was stronger and true. I think she knew that, and I think, in her own way, she loved me as much as I loved her. Or loved Gordon as much as he loved . . . no, as much as I loved . . . she loved Gordon as much as I loved her. Or something.”“Are . . . are you sure you’re OK?”“Just having a small existential crisis, nothing to worry about. "
70 " Finbar shook his head. “Nope, wouldn’t call us friends, exactly. Associates, or . . . or . . . not colleagues, but . . . I mean, we know each other, like, but . . . "
71 " Her reflection had hidden something from her.This, Valkyrie thought to herself, is probably not a good sign. "
72 " I’m afraid I can’t let you take it. I could, you know, give you its big toe or something, as a keepsake, but that’s about it. "
73 " Only a heathen would bring a gun to a swordfight.” “And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight. "
74 " That girl,” Skulduggery muttered, “never does what she’s bloody well told… "
75 " Come and have a go if you think your hard enoughTanith Low "
76 " The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily my friend. "
77 " Only a heathen would bring a gun to a swordfight. "
78 " I am turning murder into an art form. When I – when I kill, I’m actually painting a big, big picture, using blood and, and . . . messiness, you know? – Scapegrace "
79 " Stephanie, what are you doing here? – Gordon (in the Echo Stone) "
80 " What you are saying, skeleton, is blasphemous.”“You’re the one who dug up your own god.” . . .Vengeous scowled. “As you can see, you’re vastly outnumbered.”“I usually am.”“Your situation has become quite untenable.”“It usually does.”“You are within moments of being swamped by these filthy creatures of Undeath and torn apart in a maelstrom of pain and fury.”Skulduggery paused. “OK, that’s a new one to me. "