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21 " To betray is to act against, I just haven't acted at all - China Sorrows "
― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
22 " Skulduggery: The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives Stephanie: It may depend Skulduggery: Valkyrie-- Stephanie: Fine I'll go - Skulduggery: Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monster. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant. "
23 " Serpine: You have caused me so much trouble over the years detective. It's almost a shame to end it Skulduggery: You're surrendering? "
24 " Serpine: No, my old enemy, I think for the moment anyway, we're all alone. And you have something I want Skulduggery: A winning sense of style? "
25 " Serpine underestimates you. Everyone underestimates you. You're stronger than they know. You're stronger than you know - Skulduggery "
26 " Serpine: Well, Skulduggery? Where is that tired old defiance - the taunting, the goading? Where are the endless heroic clinches? Aren't you going to look me in the eye and tell me to do my worst? Skulduggery: Actually, I was going to ask that you go easy on me. I'm feeling kind of tender today Serpine: This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is Skulduggery:OK Serpine: Really? Skulduggery: No, only joking. Do your worst. "
27 " There's no such thing as winning or losing. There is a won and there is a lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for - Skulduggery Pleasant "
28 " Stephanie: Why can't you break in? You broke into the Vault Skulduggery: That's different Stephanie: Yes, it had alarms and vampires - this'll be so much easier Skulduggery: There are times when extreme measures are unnecessary Stephanie: Extreme measures are very necessary here! "
29 " Skulduggery: What do you get if you kill the Elders? Stephanie: This sounds like a joke Skulduggery: Valkyrie -- Stephanie: I don't know Skulduggery: Yes, yes you do.. not think what would killing the Elders result in? Stephanie: Panic, fear? Three empty spaces in the Sanctuary - Skulduggery Pleasant "
30 " Do you have a weapon for me, or do you want me to beat her to death with a large stick? - Mr Bliss "
31 " Cheer up everyone, since we're all going to die horribly anyway, what's there to be worried about? - Skulduggery Pleasant. "
32 " You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know know exactly what that someone has just done - Skulduggery Pleasant. "
33 " Well,” her mother said, looking at the engine, “at least that’s still there.”"Do you know anything about engines?" Stephanie asked."That’s why I have a husband, so I don't have to. Engines and shelves, that’s why men were invented."Stephanie made a mental note to learn about engines before she turned eighteen. She wasn't too fussed about the shelves. "
34 " This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is.""Okay."Serpine raised an eyebrow. "Really?""No, only joking. Do your worst. "
35 " What is it?' Stephanie whispered.'That, my dear Valkyrie, is what we call a monster.'She looked at Skulduggery. 'You don't know what it is, do you?''I told you what it is, it's a horrible monster. Now shut up before it comes over here and eats us. "
36 " There’s no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for. Serpine will have won only when there is no one left to stand against him. Until then, there is only the struggle, because tides do what tides do–they turn. "
37 " What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary? "
38 " Are you kidding? I jumped off a building -- of course I'm hurt. "
39 " Valkyrie: “You are such a moron.”Skulduggery: “Don't be jealous of my genius. "
40 " Found something?”“No, sorry. I thought I had, but, no, it turned out to be, uh… more floor. "