She wants to be polite and not hurt your feelings, so she's not going to laugh right now. But inside, inside she's laughing.
Derek LandyI donโt want a perfectly safe weapon. I want a dangerous weapon that hurts people.โ He took the stick from her, rapped it against her head. She howled and he nodded. โSee? It hurts people.
Derek LandySuddenly 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 LandyEvery solution to every problem is simple. It's the distance between the two where the mystery lies.
Derek LandyIt's really not as bad as it sounds. I was attacked by a shark once, back when I was alive. Well, not so much a shark as a rather large fish. And not so much attacked as looked at menacingly. But it had murder in its eyes, that fish. I knew, in that instant, if our roles had been reversed and the fish had been holding the fishing pole and I had been the one to be caught, it wouldn't hesitate a moment before eating me. So I cooked it and ate before it had a chance to turn the tables.
Derek Landy