Suddenly Saracen Rue looked old and tired, and Skulduggery Pleasant came into focus as what he really was โ a genius, a killer, a tortured soul, and the only true dead man among them.
Derek LandyIt always surprised Valkyrie whenever she realized just how close the weird and the wonderful, and the fierce and the frightening, lived to the rest pf the non-magical, mortal world.
Derek LandyThereโs no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for. Serpine will have won only when there is no one left to stand against him. Until then, there is only the struggle, because tides do what tides doโthey turn.
Derek LandyI used to be so good at that kind of thing," Skulduggery said quietly. "Well, my morale is certainly boosted," Valkyrie informed him. "Really?" "god no. That was terrible
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