You're late,' he said. 'I'm beautiful.' 'You're always beautiful.' 'I'm always late too.

Of course I want to kill you," said Skulduggery. "I want to kill most people. But then where would I be? In a field of dead people with no one to talk to.

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

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

Tanith frowned. Did people still go on DATES any more? She was sure they did. They probably called it something different though. She tried to think of the last date she'd been on. The last PROPER date. Did fighting side by side with Saracen Rue count as a date? They ended up snuggling under the moonlight, drenched in gore and pieces of brain - so it had PROBABLY been a date. If it wasn't, it was certainly a fun time had by all. Well, not ALL. But she and Saracen had sure had a blast.

They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit," Valkyrie said. China glanced at her. "They've obviously never met me.

Only a heathen would bring a gun to a sword fight.' And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.