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Her father sagged as relief spread through him. “I thought
something awful was happening.”
She frowned. “Something awful was happening. It could have
got stuck in my hair.


Derek Landy

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....
PETER CAREY

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Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just ...
DEREK LANDY Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her
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DEREK LANDY I find it rude to laugh at a man with a sword.
DEREK LANDY You are a cynical man, Mr. Pleasant."
"We live in cynical times, Miss Cain.
DEREK LANDY mostly we've had to found ways to amuse ourselves."
"Really?" Valkyrie asked. "Like what?"
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DEREK LANDY Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed.
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DEREK LANDY Fletcher appeared beside her. He peered at the baby.
"Can it do any tricks yet?"
"I'm sti...
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Valkyrie looked...
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“If you ...
DEREK LANDY I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall.
DEREK LANDY Ladies and gentleman," he said over the speakers, "welcome aboard this recently liberated Gulfstream...
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"With great care," Donegan s...
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"Not really," he sa...
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Wreath's smile reapp...
DEREK LANDY How are we going to get out of here?"
"Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan."
"...
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China glanced at her. "They'...
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'My accent?'
DEREK LANDY Oh, China. How I have missed you.'
'And I have missed you, Eliza. But don't worry, next time my...
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DEREK LANDY Kindness suits you."

"Really? I think I'm quite allergic to it.
DEREK LANDY He put on his hat and wrapped his scarf around his jaw, but did without the wig and the sunglasses. ...
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"Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanc...
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'That, my dear Valkyrie, is what we call a monster.'
She...
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"Two freaks in a ...
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DEREK LANDY It all depends on what people you're talking about helping. That's the wonderful think about ...
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Skuld...
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It didn't answer.
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DEREK LANDY You should have called us. Desmond would have picked you up.'
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DEREK LANDY I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.'
...
DEREK LANDY You're in a bad mood,' Skulduggery said. 'I understand. I do. You're saying things that you don't re...
DEREK LANDY Get away from my ex-girlfriend, you moany little whinge-bag.'
Caelen took a deep breath, like ...
DEREK LANDY I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.
DEREK LANDY This is your last chance to do the right thing.'
'Do you want to attack first, or will I?'
DEREK LANDY But if you can confront your inner demons—"

"I did confront my inner demon. I punched h...
DEREK LANDY I have sought you out to cure me.'
'To cure you of what?'
'Of this cursed affliction.'
DEREK LANDY You're bored, aren't you.'
'I need constant distraction. Shall we go?'
'Uh, aren't you sup...
DEREK LANDY I think zombies are kind of cute.”
“Seriously?”
“I may be thinking about bunnies. ...
DEREK LANDY Embrace your inner lunatic. Fun times guaranteed.
DEREK LANDY You want to see safe hands?' her dad asked. He went to the fruit bowl on the side of the table, took...
DEREK LANDY By the way, all joking aside, do I call you Ghastly or Elder Bespoke?'
'You can call me whatev...
DEREK LANDY I kill a sofa for you and you go and sit in a chair?” Skulduggery asked. “I don’t think you ap...
DEREK LANDY Valkyrie dialed Skulduggery's number and he picked up. 'Hey,' she said, 'It's me.'
Skulduggery ...
DEREK LANDY We're not really intruding," he called down. "This is all a big misunderstanding."
"Stop right ...
DEREK LANDY We punch people, Valkyrie. That’s who we are. Embrace your inner lunatic. Fun times guaranteed.
DEREK LANDY The only thing we know for certain is that Darquesse is coming, and she's coming to kill us a...
DEREK LANDY He liked murder. Murder and long walks had been two of his favorite things when he was younger.
DEREK LANDY He could wear hats. He could wear an assortment of hats of different shapes and styles. Boater hats,...
DEREK LANDY This is stolen? We're in a stolen jet?"
"Not stolen," said Donegan Bane from the co-pilot's sea...
DEREK LANDY tanith: have you called the police?
fergus: they, uh, they said theyd call by this afternoon. DEREK LANDY You don't treat me like a child."
He smiled. "Of course I do, but you seem to have this ...
DEREK LANDY It’s fairly standard. Also, I’m fourteen. Also, your
beard’s stupid.”
“Isn’t t...
DEREK LANDY Clarabelle laughed like she'd just heard the funniest thing ever. "Of course you HOPE you won't die,...
DEREK LANDY I'm sorry, I don't know what any of you want, or why guns and knives are being waved around, or why ...
DEREK LANDY That's a shame. I'm sure somebody, somewhere, cares.
DEREK LANDY Then I reckon we got ourselves a good old-fashioned standoff."
...
Nobody moved, or said a...
DEREK LANDY We're authors, too," Donegan said, "and we've been trying to get into the picture-book market. We ha...
DEREK LANDY It's not so bad."
Melancholia looked at her. "You're lying."
"I'll get used to it. So will...
DEREK LANDY Mum said earlier what a lovely dress
you’re wearing.”
Beryl’s eyebrows wriggled lik...
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DEREK LANDY It's a very small object to be capable of doing many wonderful things, don't you think?"
"It do...
DEREK LANDY He could be a butterfly dreaming he's a man."
"Well, he's not. He's a big fat man dreaming he's...
DEREK LANDY Doran stood on the dais, fists clenched. "All right," he said. "Let's do it, come on. Charge me up."...
DEREK LANDY The dart is loaded with enough sedative to bring down a—”

“Small elephant?”
...
DEREK LANDY Even as she'd been writing it, she wondered if she was using too many exclamation marks, but she was...
DEREK LANDY You’re seventeen. You’re supposed to be dealing with school and hormones and dim-witted parents....
DEREK LANDY He said a bad word. Do you want to know what it was? It started with F. It's not the one you're thin...
DEREK LANDY Grand Mage,” Ghastly said, as he put the map away, “did you know the sparrow flies south for the...
DEREK LANDY Peace means nothing without freedom.
DEREK LANDY Now, before you begin to worry, the section of the gaol that I’m standing in is completely secure....
DEREK LANDY Violence?"Skulduggery said. "Violence is never the answer, until it's the only answer.
DEREK LANDY We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant
DEREK LANDY I just want to let you know that I love you all. Even those of you that I don't like; that's you Ber...
DEREK LANDY Tides do what tides do–they turn.
DEREK LANDY He does this on purpose," Stephanie's mother said as they sat in the car, seat belts on and ready to...
DEREK LANDY Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?"
"No. But they like surprises. Almost always.
DEREK LANDY Cheer up everyone," he said, a new brightness to his voice. "Since we’re all going to die horribly...
DEREK LANDY Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, ...
DEREK LANDY The world is bigger than you know, and scarier than you might imagine. The only currency worth anyth...
DEREK LANDY Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in h...
DEREK LANDY You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know exactly what that someone has just d...
DEREK LANDY You're not stealing anything, you're not breaking anything, so I'd guess you're Stephanie.
DEREK LANDY Valkyrie: “You are such a moron.”
Skulduggery: “Don't be jealous of my genius.
DEREK LANDY Are you kidding? I jumped off a building -- of course I'm hurt.
DEREK LANDY strike from the shadows, disapear into darkness
DEREK LANDY I wouldn't mind a sister either."
"Any chance of that happening?"
"I can't see what would ...
DEREK LANDY I'm sorry? No more smooches is worse than the world ending?
DEREK LANDY When I meet people, I no longer say "Hi, I'm Derek Landy, pleased to meet you." Now I say "Hi, I'm n...
DEREK LANDY She's you, without your conscience, or your feelings. She's you without your humanity."
"You're...
DEREK LANDY Clarabelle...Clarabelle... You worked as Kenspeckle Grouse's assistant, did you not?'
'One of t...
DEREK LANDY Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough
DEREK LANDY Can I just point something out?" Fletcher asked. "That is an awful plan. On a scale of one ...
DEREK LANDY I've had years to see the funny side.
DEREK LANDY Stephanie: Why can't you break in? You broke into the Vault
Skulduggery: That's different
DEREK LANDY Cheer up everyone, since we're all going to die horribly anyway, what's there to be worried about? -...
DEREK LANDY She held her sword like she was ready to use it on anyone who got close. Darquesse could see her own...
DEREK LANDY I wasn't always who I am now. No one ever is. I've spent my entire lifetime becoming who I am. Final...
DEREK LANDY Stephanie thought about the world she’d grown up in, and how different it was from the world she�...
DEREK LANDY You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know know exactly what that someone has j...
DEREK LANDY If you don't see me in five minutes, then I've probably died a brave and heroic death.
DEREK LANDY Ah, bless. I've missed her. Do you have bullets?"

"Uh, no."

Skulduggery paused...
DEREK LANDY What about you?" he asked, his words not much more than a mumble. "Regrets?"

"Many," Skud...
DEREK LANDY [...} What did I tell you about wandering off? Why don't you ever do anything I say? If I didn't kno...
DEREK LANDY Serpine: Well, Skulduggery? Where is that tired old defiance - the taunting, the goading? Where are ...
DEREK LANDY Skulduggery: The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your...
DEREK LANDY Stephanie: I wouldn't mind a sister either
Tanith: Any chance of that happening?
Stephan...
DEREK LANDY Bravery, after all, isn't the absence of fear. Bravery is the acknowledgement and the conquering of ...
DEREK LANDY be brave
DEREK LANDY Personally, I thin knees should be kept for the eight or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice s...
DEREK LANDY Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eight or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice ...
DEREK LANDY Wow," she said. "It's like you're teaching me something and being all wise."
"You are not easy ...
DEREK LANDY But he's in shackles, right? You beat him?"
"I like to think I beat him in a moral sense, in th...
DEREK LANDY It always surprised Valkyrie whenever she realized just how close the weird and the wonderful, and t...
DEREK LANDY What's a Dullahan?'
'He's a headless horseman, in the service of the banshee.'
'Headless?'...
DEREK LANDY He'd once known a man who said that life hinged on the moment, that everything changed in the blink ...
DEREK LANDY I mean you ACRES of harm,' Dalrymple growled. 'Untold QUANTITIES of harm. I will visit a whole CONTI...
DEREK LANDY Personally, I think knees should be kept for the eighth or ninth date, or the wedding day. As a nice...
DEREK LANDY So he has no head'
'Thats usually what headless means'
'No head at all?'
'Your really...
DEREK LANDY Every once in a while, I get the urge. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? The urge for dest...
DEREK LANDY You can't just sit back on your laurels. You have to constantly innovate.
MARK LANDY If they do negotiate a lower price, they may open themselves up to litigation by essentially concedi...
MARK LANDY This should be a highlight of the festival. I think it's a unique event in our area.
JEFF LANDY If the deals went to shareholders today, we believe Boston Scientific would prevail.
MARK LANDY I think a lot of folks had not expected them to be back this quickly.
MARK LANDY I don't see material upside or downside (for Boston Scientific shares) for the next 12 months.
MARK LANDY [MacMillan] has big shoes to fill and he's inheriting a legacy of 20% earnings growth.
MARK LANDY While Johnson & Johnson has the clear technology lead, the risk they run is in setting the price. If...
MARK LANDY I would venture that we are now outside of gentlemanly territory,
MARK LANDY We are operating in a large vacuum. It's exceedingly difficult to speculate.
MARK LANDY It was a great day to get a lot of players a chance to play. Now we can focus on getting ready for d...
LANDY FAEDO I told my guys before the season that if you win your one-run games then you'll have a great season....
LANDY FAEDO I was a little concerned. We let two leads get away this week, but Tommy made the pitches and the gu...
LANDY FAEDO That was great pitching from both guys. They're the top two pitchers in the county.
LANDY FAEDO The good thing is they come out every day, work hard and do what's asked. And we're pretty demanding...
LANDY FAEDO Go out and play consistent, not be good, just consistent. Just make less mistakes and put the ball i...
LANDY FAEDO If we hold it when they are practicing in Latrobe, it will be easy for them to come over here for th...
JEFF LANDY He needed a place to practice so someone from those two families told him to come to Mt. Pleasant. T...
JEFF LANDY He told me that he would contact me within the next couple of weeks with any information that he can...
JEFF LANDY We wanted to have just a few categories and make sure we did this right before we got too crazy this...
JEFF LANDY