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.

I'm sorry? No more smooches is worse than the world ending?

Guild doesn't like me." "That's true." "He doesn't like you, ether." "That is mystifying.

We're here on Sanctuary business," Skulduggery tried. The man on Deadfall's right bristled, and Deadfall grinned. "Hear that, Pete? They're with that Sanctuary." Hokum Pete snarled. "I hate the Sanctuary." "Oh," Skulduggery said. "We all hate the Sanctuary." "Ah. Then we're not here on Sanctuary business. I was just joking.

Sometimes it's not what you say, Valkyrie, it's just the fact that you're saying it.

Are you kidding? I jumped off a building -- of course I'm hurt.

This book is dedicated to you. Whether you are a Minion or a Skuttlebug or just, you know, a normal person, it’s because of you that I get to do what I love and laughingly call it work. I know some of you by name and some of you by sight (and some of you by smell, but let’s not get into that) but there are still countless others I have never met, and to all of you I say thank you for your support, your passion, and your lunacy.