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.

The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.

"Please forgive me," Pleasant said, then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger.

It's a white-knuckle roller-coaster ride.

He stepped closer to her. "Thank you for saving me," he said softly, and wrapped the bones of his arms around her. Valkyrie smiled and hugged him back.

I try not to underestimate my opponents, no matter how ridiculous their beards.

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