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Skulduggery Pleasant

Skulduggery Pleasant
Derek Landy

Skulduggery Pleasant is a series of fantasy novels written by Irish author Derek Landy. The books revolve around the adventures of the skeleton detective, Skulduggery Pleasant, his protegé, Valkyrie Cain, along with other friends. The central story arc concerns Valkyrie's struggle to stop evil forces threatening the world, finally find justice for her late uncle's death, and her internal struggle to resist the darkness within.

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“A living skeleton isn't enough for you, is it? What does it take to impress young people these days?”

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“Wait, do they even know I'm coming with you?"
"No. But they like surprises. Almost always.”

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“You can only anticipate what someone is going to do if you know exactly what that someone has just done.' --Skulduggery”

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“Doors are for people with no imagination.”

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“Every solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.”

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“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.”

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“Tides do what tides do–they turn.”

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“I love you all, even those I don’t particularly like. That’s you, Beryl.”

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Variant: 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.
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“What is it?' Stephanie whispered.
'That, my dear Valkyrie, is what we call a monster.'
She looked at Skulduggery. 'You don't know what it is, do you?'
'I told you what it is, it's a horrible monster. Now shut up before it comes over here and eats us.”

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“I'm placing you under arrest for murder, conspiracy to commit murder and, I don't know, possibly littering.”

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“There's no such thing as winning or losing. There isand there is; there isand. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still leftt to fight for.”

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“You're not stealing anything, you're not breaking anything, so I'd guess you're Stephanie.”

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“Right, well, we've got to work out what we need. We've got to work out what we need, how we get it, and what we need to get to get what we need.”

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“Found something?”
“No, sorry. I thought I had, but, no, it turned out to be, uh… more floor.”

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“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 grows back, you can do magic.”

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“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.”

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“Stephanie could see the greed seep into the watery eyes of her
father’s other brother, a horrible little man called Fergus, as he
nodded sadly and spoke sombrely and pocketed the silverware
when he thought no one was looking”

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“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.”

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“This is your one chance. Tell me where the key is."
"Okay."
Serpine raised an eyebrow. "Really?"
"No, only joking. Do your worst.”

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