"Plans are invitation to disappointment."

"An untied shoelace can be dangerous,' he said.'I could have tripped.'She stared at him. A moment dragged by.'I'm joking,' he said at last.She relaxed. 'Really?''Absolutely. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful."

"I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall."

"It's not that I want you to go, it's just that I don't want you to stay." - China Sorrows -"

"Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed."Not just ordinary stairs," Skulduggery told her as he led the way down. "Magic stairs.""Really?""Oh, yes."She followed him into the darkness. "How are they magic?""They just are.""In what way?""In a magicky way."She glared at the back of his head. "They aren't magic at all, are they?""Not really."

"We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant"

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

"Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant...The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives."

"Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done."

"Plans are invitation to disappointment."

"An untied shoelace can be dangerous,' he said.'I could have tripped.'She stared at him. A moment dragged by.'I'm joking,' he said at last.She relaxed. 'Really?''Absolutely. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful."

"I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall."

"It's not that I want you to go, it's just that I don't want you to stay." - China Sorrows -"

"Stairs," Valkyrie said, disappointed."Not just ordinary stairs," Skulduggery told her as he led the way down. "Magic stairs.""Really?""Oh, yes."She followed him into the darkness. "How are they magic?""They just are.""In what way?""In a magicky way."She glared at the back of his head. "They aren't magic at all, are they?""Not really."

"We're not retreating, we're advancing in reverse.' --Skulduggery Pleasant"

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

"Being a detective isn't all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant...The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your relatives."

"Still, he figured, sometimes you've got to do what you've got to do, and then sometimes you've just got to run like hell after it's done."

"Plans are invitation to disappointment."

"An untied shoelace can be dangerous,' he said.'I could have tripped.'She stared at him. A moment dragged by.'I'm joking,' he said at last.She relaxed. 'Really?''Absolutely. I would never have tripped. I'm far too graceful."

"I swear, talking to you is like talking to a really good-looking and mildly stupid brick wall."

"It's not that I want you to go, it's just that I don't want you to stay." - China Sorrows -"