The workshop door opened and Skulduggery emerged. "Ryan," he said, "stop leaning on my car.

I’m just waiting for the violent urges to subside.

That's ridiculous. The only point in having enemies is so you can defeat them, kill them, brush them aside." "Or give them a chance to redeem themselves.

The workshop door opened and Skulduggery emerged. "Ryan," he said, "stop leaning on my car.

The sparrow flies south for the winter.

Other stories tell how I eat innocent newborns, how I’m ten feet tall, how I breathe fire and have great dragon wings. None of these are wholly accurate. I don’t have dragon wings, I don’t breathe fire, I’m only eight feet tall and I’ve never eaten a newborn that didn’t have it coming. My name is Mevolent. What’s yours?

Oh, escape is easy once you have the right plan.' 'Do we have the right plan?' 'Not yet.' 'Do we have any plan?' 'Not yet.