Do you think weโll be waiting long?โ Valkyrie asked, keeping her voice low. โThe last time we were in this building, we accused the Grand Mage of being a traitor,โ Skulduggery said. โYes, I think weโll be waiting long.
Derek LandyClarabelle laughed like she'd just heard the funniest thing ever. "Of course you HOPE you won't die, Valkyrie! Who would HOPE to die? That's just SILLY! But you probably WILL die, that's what I'm saying. Don't you think so?
Derek LandyWe 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.
Derek LandyBeing 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.
Derek LandyYouโre seventeen. Youโre supposed to be dealing with school and hormones and dim-witted parents. Youโre supposed to be finding out who you are as a person.โ โBut I already know who I am,โ Valkyrie said. โIโm a world-breaker.
Derek LandyMum said earlier what a lovely dress youโre wearing.โ Berylโs eyebrows wriggled like two tiny tapeworms. โThis?โ she said. โBut Iโve had this for years.โ It was a beige dress that would have looked better on an eighty year-old. Any eighty-year-old, man or woman. โI think youโve really grown into it,โ Valkyrie said. โI always thought it was a little shapeless.โ Valkyrie resisted the urge to say that was what she meant.
Derek Landy