Quotes from work

Skulduggery Pleasant

“China is the same age as I am, and even I have to admit that she wears it better!" He laughed, then stopped and peered at her. "Because I'm a skeleton" he explained.”

“We live in a time of fear," Skulduggery said, "where we're too scared of upsetting the status quo to ask the questions we need to be asking.”

“Valkyrie: “You are such a moron.”
Skulduggery: “Don't be jealous of my genius.”

“Doesn't sunlight kill them? Doesn't it turn them to dust, or make them burst into flames or something?"
"Nope. Vampires tan, just like you and me. Well, just like you. I tend to bleach.”

“I'm sorry, I'm still stuck on you losing your head.”
“I didn't lose it. It was stolen.”

“What would killing the Elders result in?"
"Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?”

“Cheer up everyone," he said, a new brightness to his voice. "Since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about?”

“I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I don't participate. My resources, and my standing, must be secure before I can allow the uncertainty of war to crash down upon us.”

“By the time they got to Denholm Street, day had been beaten back and the night was soaking through the city.”

“I woke up, a bag of bones. Literally. They had gathered up my bones and put them in a bag and thrown the bag into a river.”

“Dublin City was quiet when they reached the Waxwork Museum, as if it was holding its breath.”