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Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1) QUOTES

Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1) QUOTES

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

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

2 " I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I don't participate. My resources, and my standing, must be secure before I can allow the uncertainty of war to crash down upon us. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

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

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

4 " Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her
father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as he
nodded sadly and spoke sombrely and pocketed the silverware
when he thought no one was looking "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

5 " Tides do what tides do–they turn. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

6 " Doors are for people with no imagination. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

7 " And what about magic?”
“What about it?”
“Will you teach me?”
“You don’t even know if you’re capable of doing magic.”
“How do I find out? Is there a test or something?”
“Yes, we cut off your head. If it grows back, you can do magic. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

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

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

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

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

10 " 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 , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

11 " He put on his hat and wrapped his scarf around his jaw, but did without the wig and the sunglasses. He clicked his key chain and the car beeped and the doors locked.
"That's it?"
He looked up. "Sorry?"
"Aren't you afraid it might get stolen? We're not exactly in a good part of town."
"It's got a car alarm."
"Don't you, like, cast a spell or something? To keep it safe?"
"No. It's a pretty good car alarm. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

12 " What does a clue look like?" Tanith whispered.
Stephanie fought the giggle down and whispered back. "I'm looking for a footprint or something."
"Have you found one yet?"
"No. But that's probably because I haven't moved from this spot."
"Maybe we should move, pretend we know what we're doing."
They started to walk, very slowly, still looking straight down. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

13 " Tanith: Serpine is used to the Elders taking forever to make their calm, thought-out decisions. So he won't be expecting anything as amazingly rash and reckless as this
Ghastly: That'll teach him to underestimate stupid people. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

14 " Stephanie: I wouldn't mind a sister either
Tanith: Any chance of that happening?
Stephanie: I can't see what would be in it for my parents. I mean, they have the perfect daughter already - What more could they want? "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

15 " Cow - Tanith Low "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

16 " Skulduggery, she's not being professional - Tanith Low "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

17 " I'm sorry, I'm still stuck on you losing your head.”
“I didn't lose it. It was stolen. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

18 " The fate of the world depends upon whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives ..." ~ Skulduggery Pleasant "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

19 " The greatest enemy we can face is ourselves, and the greatest battle is against the darkness within. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)

20 " Du siehst aus, als könntest du ohnmächtig werden." Stephanie nickte bedächtig. "Ich bin noch nie ohnmächtig geworden, aber Sie könnten recht haben." "Soll ich dich auffangen, wenn du fällst, oder ...?" "Wenn es Ihnen nichts ausmacht." "Überhaupt nicht." "Danke." Stephanie schenkte ihm ein schiefes Lächeln, dann wurde ihr schwarz vor Augen und sie spürte, wie sie fiel. Das Letzte, was sie sah, war Skuldugerry Pleasant, der quer durchs Zimmer auf sie zuhechtete. "

― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)