“Obeying the rules might be smart, but it's not as nearly as much fun.”

“When I obey a rule, I do not choose.
I obey the rule blindly.”

“It would be fun,” Skulduggery nodded. ”I like kicking Wreath in the face. I haven't had a chance to do it nearly as much as I'd like.”

“No one rules if no one obeys.”

“What would Deftmenes be if we went around obeying orders all the time?'
'They might be ruling the Carpet,' said Pismire.
'Ha!' said Brocando, 'but the trouble about obeying orders is, it becomes a habit. And then everything depends on who's giving the orders.”

“Ruling hell might be better than being a subject in hell, but not by much.”

“She is free not by disobeying the rules but by obeying them.”

“The rules of art do not exist, because what makes art art is the fact that it obeys no rules at all.”

“A wise man rules his passions, a fool obeys them.”

“There are no rules. We do whatever seems the most fun.”