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Derek Landy

(1974) Young Adult Author Ireland

355 quotes in 1144 categories

Derek Landy’s characters often talk about confronting inner demons, even punching them until they explode. They look for clues like a simple footprint in the snow, hoping it will lead them forward. In the stories, a teen can declare love and still be reminded that age doesn’t change the feeling.

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Derek Landy is a young adult author from Ireland, best known for Skulduggery Pleasant.

Quick Facts About Derek Landy

Born: October 23, 1974
Nationality: Ireland
Profession: Young Adult Author
Notable works: Skulduggery Pleasant

About Derek Landy

Derek Landy is an Irish author and screenwriter who created the Skulduggery Pleasant and Demon Road book series. Since 2018, he has also written many comic book series for Marvel Comics.

Quotes by Derek Landy

Are you taking my hat hostage?

Hats

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Oh my god you're thicker than you look

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“I've had years to see the funny side.”

Comedy

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“strike from the shadows, disapear into darkness”

Darkness

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Plans are invitation to disappointment.

Disappointment

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“Peace means nothing without freedom.”

Derek-landy

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The sparrow flies south for the winter.

Bird

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Tides do what tides do–they turn.

River

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They faced each other. 'I'm going to enjoy this,'Melancholia said. 'I daresay I'm not.

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“kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him kill him”

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“It was a trap. It was so obviously a trap. Darquesse smiled.”

Humour

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

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Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough

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

Lies

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I'm sorry? No more smooches is worse than the world ending?

End of the world

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He is the best, in my whole life i have only read his books!!!!!!

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I would love to have a battle of wits with you, Bison, but I doubt it would be a fair fight.' 'Shut…

Battle

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What would killing the Elders result in?" "Panic? Fear? Three empty parking spaces in the Sanctuary?

Anxiety

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I woke up, a bag of bones. Literally. They had gathered up my bones and put them in a bag and thrown…

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“Dexter, please put your shirt on. Valkyrie’s getting distracted.” “I’m not,” she said, then smiled at Vex. “You don’t have to put…

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She's you, without your conscience, or your feelings. She's you without your humanity." "You're saying she's a mood swing?" He shrugged. "Or…

Conscience

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But I'm really enjoying my retirement. I get to sleep in every day. I do crossword puzzles and eat cake.

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There's enough sedative in these darts to bring down a werewolf, which is exactly what we're hunting. Why would we want to…

Animal

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You said I was your number-one pick." "And you are. In our hearts. Alphabetically, though, Dusk comes before you.

Dusk

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“Cow," Tanith muttered, and that was it, the floodgates opened, and Stephanie doubled over with laughter that echoed throughout the warehouse. Tanith…

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He said a bad word. Do you want to know what it was? It started with F. It's not the one you're…

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“Seeing you with a face would be weird. Do you think you’d have hair?” “Oh yes. Hair is a must.” “Would you…

Hair

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That's beautiful,' Valkyrie said, looking at it. Isn't it? This necklace has cost two very fine men their lives. At times, I…

Beautiful

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Have you killed anyone?” she asked quickly. “What? Did you miss what I said, about turning murder into an art form?” “But…

Art

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You accused me of murder. Do you make a habit of bringing schoolgirls into an interview room with murder suspects?' He waved…

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I cannot have chaos erupting around me until I am prepared for it. I am a collector. I am an observer. I…

Chaos

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He looked at her. 'In order to finish, I'll have to have defeated six Infected, Dusk, and Vengeous himself.' Yeah. So?' The…

Battle

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“Was it a test?” she asked. “I mean, I know I'm still new to this. I'm still the rookie. Did you hang…

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“Ah...Dectective, this is a very private and personal moment for them both. I'm sure you can understand their need for-" A man…

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“Doran stood on the dais, fists clenched. "All right," he said. "Let's do it, come on. Charge me up." Skulduggery tapped the…

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“Who's your friend?" "I'm glad you asked that," said Tanith. "Her name's Darquesse and she's lovely. You'll love her, you really will.…

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“I had an uneventful few days," it told her. "The most exciting thing was an hour-long lecture from the headmaster on taking…

Black clothes

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“The man had a smooth voice, like velvet. “I’m Detective Inspector Me. Unusual name, I know. My family were incredibly narcissistic. I’m…

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“If he can't get to the clock, any idea how we deal with this lot?" "With great care," Donegan suggested. "How about…

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You're bored, aren't you.' 'I need constant distraction. Shall we go?' 'Uh, aren't you supposed to delegate responsibility or something? If you're…

Bored

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Derek Landy by topic

Skulduggery pleasant (42) Skulduggery (29) Valkyrie (25) Time (24) Thinking (20) Funny (20) People (19) Valkyrie cain (17) Humour (14) Men (12) Humor (12) Derek-landy (12) World (11) Moments (11)