"Doors are for people with no imagination."
- Derek Landy
"Talking about one's feelings defeats the purpose of having those feelings. Once you try to put the human experience into words, it becomes little more than a spectator sport. Everything must have a ca..."
"Sometimes it's not what you say, Valkyrie, it's just the fact that you're saying it."
"What is a life?" Scapegrace continued. "Is life merely living? Is it having a heartbeat? Or is life the effect you have on others? Is it the effect you have on the world around you? If so, what have I..."
"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..."
"The problem with living so long is that we get used to it. We watch the mortals age and wither and die around us, watch the world change and decay...but no matter the hardship or the pain or the sorro..."
"Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies."
"She had been a teenager once, and she knew that, despite the apparent contradictions, a person's teenage years lasted well into their fifties."
"Embrace your inner lunatic. Fun times guaranteed."
"Skulduggery stood among the ruins of what had once been a sofa. Valkyrie raised an ey"