Derek Landy Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. An untied shoelace can be dangerous,' he said.'I could have tripped.'She stared at him. A moment dragged by.'I'm joking,' he said at last.She relaxed. 'Really?''Absolutely. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful. Playing with Fire

2. Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant...The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives.

3. 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. Skulduggery Pleasant

4. I love you all, even those I don’t particularly like. That’s you, Beryl. Skulduggery Pleasant

5. I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall. Death Bringer

6. It's not that I want you to go, it's just that I don't want you to stay." - China Sorrows - Mortal Coil

7. Plans are invitation to disappointment. Mortal Coil

8. Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed."Not just ordinary stairs," Skulduggery told her as he led the way down. "Magic stairs.""Really?""Oh, yes."She followed him into the darkness. "How are they magic?""They just are.""In what way?""In a magicky way."She glared at the back of his head. "They aren't magic at all, are they?""Not really. Mortal Coil

9. Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done. Death Bringer

10. tanith: have you called the police?fergus: they, uh, they said theyd call by this afternoon.tanith: tell them not to bother... im his doctor.beryl: what kind of doctor dresses in brown leather?tanith: the kind that looks good init The Faceless Ones

11. The fact is that we have no way of knowing if the person who we think we are is at the core of our being. Are you a decent girl with the potential to someday become an evil monster, or are you an evil monster that thinks it's a decent girl?""Wouldn't I know which one I was?""Good God, no. The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves. Death Bringer

12. They might be kittens," she said hopefully."They're stalking us.""They might be shy.""I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie.""Puppies, then? Playing with Fire

13. They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit," Valkyrie said. China glanced at her. "They've obviously never met me. Mortal Coil

14. We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant Playing with Fire

15. You have no idea about presents or what they mean. The lastpresent you gave me was a stick.You wanted a weapon.It was a stick.It had a bow on it.It was a stick.I thought you liked the stick. You laughed. Kingdom of the Wicked

16. Fletcher was always going to be your ex-boyfriend, from the moment you met him. He's just finally caught up with where he's supposed to be. Death Bringer

17. Just because an apple falls one hundred times out of a hundred does not mean it will fall on the hundred and first. Death Bringer

18. Tanith frowned. Did people still go on DATES any more? She was sure they did. They probably called it something different though. She tried to think of the last date she'd been on. The last PROPER date. Did fighting side by side with Saracen Rue count as a date? They ended up snuggling under the moonlight, drenched in gore and pieces of brain - so it had PROBABLY been a date. If it wasn't, it was certainly a fun time had by all. Well, not ALL. But she and Saracen had sure had a blast. Mortal Coil