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41 " You're not stealing anything, you're not breaking anything, so I'd guess you're Stephanie. "
― Derek Landy , Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
42 " Her parents wanted her to find her own way in life. That’s what they’d said countless times in the past. Of course, they’d been referring to school subjects and college applications and job prospects. Presumably, at no stage did they factor living skeletons and magic underworlds into their considerations. If they had, their advice would probably have been very different. "
43 " 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. "
44 " You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know exactly what that someone has just done.' --Skulduggery "
45 " Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the twenty-fifth sentence of the final chapter of his new book, And the Darkness Rained upon Them, and the next he was dead. A tragic loss, his mind echoed numbly as he slipped away. "
46 " The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anything is being true to yourself, and the only goal worth seeking is finding out who you truly are. "
47 " If there is one regret that I have had in my life, it is that I never fathered any children. There are times, when I look at what Fergus and Beryl have produced, when I consider myself fortunate, but there are also times when it breaks my heart. "
48 " Cheer up everyone," he said, a new brightness to his voice. "Since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about? "
49 " There’s something about you, Valkyrie. I’m not quite sure what it is. I look at you and…”“And you’re reminded of yourself when you were my age?”“Hmm? Oh, no, what I was going to say is there’s something about you that is really annoying, and you never do what you’re told, and sometimes I question your intelligence, but even so I’m going to train you, because I like having someone follow me around like a little puppy. It makes me feel good about myself. "
50 " Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?""No. But they like surprises. Almost always. "
51 " By the time they got to Denholm Street, day had been beaten back and the night was soaking through the city. "
52 " I just want to let you know that I love you all. Even those of you that I don't like; that's you Beryl. "
53 " 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. "
54 " We live in a time of fear," Skulduggery said, "where we're too scared of upsetting the status quo to ask the questions we need to be asking. "
55 " China is the same age as I am, and even I have to admit that she wears it better!" He laughed, then stopped and peered at her. "Because I'm a skeleton" he explained. "
56 " With his sunglasses gone and his scarf hanging down, there was no denying that he had no flesh, he had no skin, he had no eyes and he had no face. All he had was a skull for a head. "
57 " Doesn't sunlight kill them? Doesn't it turn them to dust, or make them burst into flames or something?""Nope. Vampires tan, just like you and me. Well, just like you. I tend to bleach. "
58 " 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 leftt to fight for. "
59 " You can't leave me alone," she said, following him into the living room."Yes," he corrected, "I can. You'll be perfectly safe.""The front door's off!""Well, yes. You'll be perfectly safe as long as they don't come through the front door. "
60 " Dublin City was quiet when they reached the Waxwork Museum, as if it was holding its breath. "